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Re: Piece sorting methods
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Tue, 22 Dec 1998 01:58:25 GMT
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"Jeremy H. Sproat" wrote:
> Visual Basic will solve
> all your scripting and application woes. (1)
I just thought I'd mention that VB is my personal bogeyman of the
moment. I very much prefer a scripting language that has meat to it,
such as Perl.
Having said that, I just read something that chilled my blood.
Evidently, PC Magazine named Perl 5.005 as a finalist for their
Technical Excellence Award for Development Tools (the other two being
Microsoft products -- surprise surprise (2)). In a talkback article,
some MS cheerleader posted this:
"For processing text data [sic] and extracting meaningful information
from it - PERL 5.05 [sic] RULES without question - if only we had a
compiler and a GUI interface for it so we could write Windows-based apps
in it the world would be a better place. [sic]" (3)
Okay, I can see the want though I can't really see that big of a
benefit. Then...
"Come on Microsoft - 'Visual Perl 5' lets see it happen. [sic] Or,
maybe 'Visual P++'?" (3)
Can Microsoft really screw up Perl the way it screwed up Java? Wow, it
still gives me the willies. I guess it would have been appropriate if
this were posted in time for Halloween... Creepy, neh?
Cheers,
- Sproat
1. Still bait.
2. PC Magazine is published by Ziff-Davis, which is owned by Softbank
Comdex, which is largely owned by Microsoft. Answers a *lot* of nagging
questions...
3. Source: http://www.zdnet.com/talkback/221_20208_85241.html
--
Jeremy H. Sproat - jsproat@geocities.com
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Horizon/5249/
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