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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 20:49:28 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> "What The--?! Why don't we use words we already know?"
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> And thus the evil in Grace Hopper begat COBOL.
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.
> Can you imagine the spelling errors that would pop up in code if
> programming languages were spoken? :-,
LOL! (OTOH, I've written 'printf' a couple of times when I'd meant to write
'print' :-)
--Todd
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 | | Re: learning languages (was: Re: Perl rules!)
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| (...) I have to admit, I'm something of an anti-COBOL bigot. That has obviously clouded my judgement, but I can't see what COBOL could do that FORTRAN wasn't already doing more cleanly and efficiently, on the same platforms. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) "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 (25 years ago, 13-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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