🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <86d0as$2fv8$4@quince.news.easynet.net>, trevor@easynet.co.uk 
says...
> Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> news:869nl8$10kc$1@pc-news.cogsci.ed.ac.uk...
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> > >Basic doesn't, Fortran doesn't.
> >
> > Hardly a candidate for "compelling argument of the millenium", is it?
> 
> Basic is widely used still, MS-Office apps have VBA in the background, more
> and more things are written in VB. Basic was actually a subset of Fortran,
> fortran is very scientific and is still used in things like NASAs stuff and
> one armed bandits.
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LOL - ForTran used in one armed bandits !!
Ah, those were the days.  New 'bandits' now use i386 processors instead 
of washing machine spares - far more interesting.
Hehheh - this post appealed to me because:
a.  I still program a bit of ForTran (In simulation applications)
b.  I repair fruit machines for a living
c.  NASA still haven't got back to me after I sent them an email telling 
them how much they wanted to give me a job !  ;oP

Oh well - back to what must be Easynets longest thread ...

Dave