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Article #5155Re: Perfect language features: how many languages?
From: Daniel J. Salomon
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1988 17:13
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1988 17:13
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In article <10407@mimsy.UUCP> chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >The idea of a universal language has appeal: One language >for every problem. So does the idea of a universal vaccine: >One cure for every illness. Personally, I believe the chances >for either are about the same. This is a poor analogy. The function of a programming language is totally different from a vaccine, and so is the development process. A vaccine has strict biological constraints on its size and form, but a programming language has few constraints. Save this cute line for cocktail parties when people are too drunk to analyze it.
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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: Re: Perfect language features: how many languages? Message-ID: <4930@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 1 Feb 88 17:13:30 GMT References: <3928@ames.arpa> <2400001@otter.HP.COM> <960@ssc-bee.ssc-vax.UUCP> <10407@mimsy.UUCP> Reply-To: djsalomon@watdragon.waterloo.edu (Daniel J. Salomon) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 11