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Re: PL/I Grammar

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From: Tom Neff
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 1989 16:26
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In article <10986@riks.csl.sony.co.jp> diamond@ws.sony.junet (Norman Diamond) writes:
>In article <33398@cornell.UUCP> bard@cs.cornell.edu (Bard Bloom) writes:
>
>>IF IF = THEN THEN THEN = ELSE ELSE ELSE = IF
>>
>>only in PL/I...  (I hope)
>
>Only by an idiot in PL/I.  ...

Where are all these sentiments when the Obfuscated C Contest rolls
around, I wonder?  Does C have a monopoly on FUN in programming?? :-)

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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: PL/I Grammar
Keywords: PL/I, C, grammar, parser
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Date: 23 Oct 89 16:26:44 GMT
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