[Year 12 SofDev] [Year 12 IT Apps] Ouch!

[Mark]

This is more for the SD list, but...

program HellYeah
  implicit none
  write(*,*) "+1. You never forget your first lover or your first compiler."
 end program

Now let me argue a case for LISP... she had a lot of parentheses, but so
much artificial intelligence...


On 21 October 2014 15:43, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Bring back Fortran :-)
>
> —
>
> *Roland GESTHUIZEN*http://about.me/rgesthuizen
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> On 20 Oct 2014, at 5:57 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
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> Do you prefer readability or less typing?
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> On Monday, October 20, 2014, Robert Timmer-Arends <timmer at westnet.com.au>
> wrote:
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>> yes, it's a long way from
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>> 017        ADD 1 TO RECORD-COUNT
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>> to
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>> recordCount++
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>> Regards
>> Robert T-A
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Savage, John L
>> *To:* Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
>> *Sent:* Monday, October 20, 2014 10:49 AM
>> *Subject:* [Year 12 IT Apps] Ouch!
>>
>> I just ran across this comment on COBOL by Turing Award recipient Edsger
>> Dijkstra in 1975
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>> "The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be
>> regarded as a criminal offense."
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>> In 1975 somebody was trying to teach me COBOL, I was inclined to agree.
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>>
>>
>> Laurie Savage
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>> http://accelerus.pvgc.vic.edu.au
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> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
>
> *I love the sound of people's voices after they stop talking.*
>
>
>
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Mark Kelly
mark AT vceit DOT com
http://vceit.com

*I love the sound of people's voices after they stop talking.*
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