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Article #5055Classifying programming-language designers.
From: Daniel J. Salomon
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1988 01:18
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1988 01:18
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For a humorous but insightful classification of programming language designers take a look at the book, "Lucid, the Dataflow Programming Language," by William W. Wadge and Edward A. Ashcroft, Academic Press, 1975. His classifications are: 1) Cowboys 2) Wizards 3) Preachers 4) Boffins 5) Handymen 6) Repairmen These classifications are explained in sections I.5 and I.6 of the book. It is very entertaining to fit your friends and famous computer scientists into these groups as you read. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- UUCP: watmath!dragon!djsalomon Internet: djsalomon@dragon.waterloo.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdragon!djsalomon From: djsalomon@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel J. Salomon) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Classifying programming-language designers. Message-ID: <4777@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 24 Jan 88 01:18:02 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 17