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Article #901Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
From: Paul Penrod
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:57
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 19:57
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In article <1992Dec29.150728.18195@ra.msstate.edu> chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless) writes:
>In article <1992Dec29.120344.13694@netcom.com> erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
>>
>>By general purpose, you mean to exclude SQL, APL, Yacc, Awk, etc., right?
>>
>>When programmers invent new programming languages to write application
>>programs, the application programs they have in mind are usually those
>>they have done in the past and/or those they are doing at the time. For
>>that reason, a really general purpose language has to be invented by
>>hundreds of programmers. That means it has to evolve over a number of
>>years before it will be really general. Thus C++ etc.
>
>When you mention a "general purpose" language designed by hundreds
>of programmers, I think of ADA .... and my reaction is:
>
>AAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh!
>
>Thank you very much, but no, C is just fine for me.
>Really.
>--
>* Billy Chambless University of Southern Mississippi, USA
>* chambles@whale.st.usm.edu
>*
ADA: Another Dumb Adaptation...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!furballs From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.programmer,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming Message-ID: <1992Dec29.195705.2444@sequent.com> Date: 29 Dec 92 19:57:05 GMT References: <C003EI.H3u@news.udel.edu> <1992Dec29.120344.13694@netcom.com> <1992Dec29.150728.18195@ra.msstate.edu> Sender: usenet@sequent.com (usenet ) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: crg8.sequent.com