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Re: learning languages (was: Re: Perl rules!)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:36:48 GMT
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JSPROAT@stopspamIO.COM
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> Now imagine if you
> could learn programming languages that way -- instead of reading a book
> to learn the syntax, semantics, and idioms, you heard people talking it
> all day long...
> "Proc defun lambda dict?"
> "For if while do, repeat setq cons."
> "Def go, printf!"
"What The--?! Why don't we use words we already know?"
And thus the evil in Grace Hopper begat COBOL.
...
Can you imagine the spelling errors that would pop up in code if programming
languages were spoken? :-,
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives
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 | | Re: learning languages (was: Re: Perl rules!)
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| (...) Hey, don't be dissin' COBOL for that :-( It served a purpose in its time (~40 years ago) and it's not COBOL's fault that it's still being used. (...) LOL! (OTOH, I've written 'printf' a couple of times when I'd meant to write 'print' :-) (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | learning languages (was: Re: Perl rules!)
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| [removed lugnet.off-topic.debate from ng-post list] (...) I had 2 years of German and didn't end up learning too much of it because it was from books and tapes and a little bit of conversation in class. I can still write some simple sentences and (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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