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Article #721Mighty Fortran II (was Re: PL/I and Reserved Words)
From: Tom Neff
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 15:40
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 1989 15:40
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In article <4560@bd.sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes: >Finally, one can always avoid enhancing languages. (And yes, I too >prefer Fortran II to any of its descendents.) Amen to this. Real men use arithmetic IF's! And real systems programmers invoke machine language subprograms by initializing a COMMON block and CALLing it... Neff's Theorem: Advanced interactive graphic windowing user friendly interfaces will never be complete until the user, at his fancy workstation, is able to submit a DECK at the OPERATOR WINDOW and wait for his PRINTOUT on a nearby SHELF! -- Machines will never think, for "thought" ?! Tom Neff will be redefined, as often as needed, !? tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET as that which a machine cannot do. ?! ...uunet!bfmny0!tneff
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bfmny0!tneff From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Mighty Fortran II (was Re: PL/I and Reserved Words) Keywords: PL/I keywords Message-ID: <14769@bfmny0.UU.NET> Date: 19 Oct 89 15:40:09 GMT References: <2958@usceast.UUCP> <4560@bd.sei.cmu.edu> Reply-To: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff) Organization: ^ Lines: 16