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Article #18Re: What is intercal?
From: Louis Howell
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:14
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 16:14
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Programming in INTERCAL will give you an intimate appreciation for bits. You know, those little sharp things that computers are made of. If you've always been a little puzzled about what the XOR operator is good for, INTERCAL will show you. INTERCAL has a single conditional statement. If you look at it hard enough and squint your eyes just right, it looks something like a computed goto---though somewhat less useful. INTERCAL has dynamically-allocated multidimensional arrays, strong typing, a built-in random number generator, and aesthetic style rules that are rigidly enforced by the compiler. INTERCAL actually has one original operator, SELECT, which would make a nice addition to other languages. Programming in INTERCAL is like climbing a vertical rock face, while around on the other side tourons are driving their RV's up the road to the T-shirt stand at the top. -- Louis Howell (nazgul@llnl.gov)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!natinst.com!news.dell.com!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!lll-winken!grover.llnl.gov!howell From: howell@grover.llnl.gov (Louis Howell) Newsgroups: alt.lang.intercal Subject: Re: What is intercal? Message-ID: <136047@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV> Date: 11 Sep 92 16:14:03 GMT References: <1992Sep3.095422.22537@hellgate.utah.edu> <1hkgx5#4FjgnR10swW18yWDf05wOHCD=esr@snark.thyrsus.com> Sender: usenet@lll-winken.LLNL.GOV Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Lines: 23 Nntp-Posting-Host: grover.llnl.gov