Re: Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++

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From: Glen Self
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:53

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blume@atomic.cs.princeton.edu (Matthias Blume) wrote:

>In article <43pi5g$hqc@feynman.comclin.com> glen@comclin.com (Glen Self) writes:

>   >> hello world!
>   >>  
>   >>    so what's the best language for the 21rst century?
>   >>       what's your opinion on Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++?

>   Free form spoken language of the user. No "programming" language
>   required.

>   You asked about the best language - not the most likely :-)

>Natural language is hardly the `best' language, because it is too
>ambiguous.  That's why mathematicians invented algebra and logic
>calculi long before the advent of computers.

Agreed. Therein lies the job of the programmer. To develop the
software that will parse the free form request and query the user to
resolve any ambiguities.

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From: glen@comclin.com (Glen Self)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.modula3,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: Modula-2, Modula-3, C or C++
Date: Fri, 22 Sep 1995 14:53:59 GMT
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