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funny article about Ada that Forthers might like
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Paul Rubin
Mar 21, 2018, 5:23:20 PM3/21/18
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http://bit.csc.lsu.edu/~gb/csc4101/Reading/gigo-1997-04.html
It mentions Forth briefly:
Even more troubling were reports of incredible software productivity
from US projects using languages like Lisp, APL, Prolog, Smalltalk and
Forth. Entire robotic planning systems with natural language and
graphics interfaces were programmed by just one or two people in
Lisp. Reams of PL/I code were replaced by a single line of APL. Prolog
obsoleted a generation of Cobol programmers. Smalltalk and Logo were
taught to children, and raised the spectre of a 12-year-old
outproducing a dozen beltway bandits. Perhaps most troubling of all
was Forth, with its ability to very quickly program substantial
real-time systems that took insignificant amounts of memory.
It mentions Forth briefly:
Even more troubling were reports of incredible software productivity
from US projects using languages like Lisp, APL, Prolog, Smalltalk and
Forth. Entire robotic planning systems with natural language and
graphics interfaces were programmed by just one or two people in
Lisp. Reams of PL/I code were replaced by a single line of APL. Prolog
obsoleted a generation of Cobol programmers. Smalltalk and Logo were
taught to children, and raised the spectre of a 12-year-old
outproducing a dozen beltway bandits. Perhaps most troubling of all
was Forth, with its ability to very quickly program substantial
real-time systems that took insignificant amounts of memory.
a...@littlepinkcloud.invalid
Mar 21, 2018, 6:27:50 PM3/21/18
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Andrew.
Liang Ng
Mar 21, 2018, 7:23:21 PM3/21/18
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john
Mar 22, 2018, 4:58:53 AM3/22/18
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In article <87k1u5d...@nightsong.com>, no.e...@nospam.invalid says...
Double plus good.
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Double plus good.
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Albert van der Horst
Mar 22, 2018, 6:15:22 AM3/22/18
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In article <87k1u5d...@nightsong.com>,
April's fool.
If anything the following gives it away:
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Four bidders developed languages: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow.
Although all four languages met the dysfunctionality requirements,
the Green language--an export of Bull--was chosen after evaluators were
told that they were voting on a new color for their uniforms.
Green's dysfunctionality for embedded systems was outstanding:
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Groetjes Albert
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Albert van der Horst, UTRECHT,THE NETHERLANDS
Economic growth -- being exponential -- ultimately falters.
albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home.hccnet.nl/a.w.m.van.der.horst
If anything the following gives it away:
"
Four bidders developed languages: Red, Green, Blue and Yellow.
Although all four languages met the dysfunctionality requirements,
the Green language--an export of Bull--was chosen after evaluators were
told that they were voting on a new color for their uniforms.
Green's dysfunctionality for embedded systems was outstanding:
"
Groetjes Albert
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Albert van der Horst, UTRECHT,THE NETHERLANDS
Economic growth -- being exponential -- ultimately falters.
albert@spe&ar&c.xs4all.nl &=n http://home.hccnet.nl/a.w.m.van.der.horst
gavino himself
May 6, 2018, 8:53:33 PM5/6/18
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reduce gov spending 99% and deregulate
there is no such thing as hate speech or racism
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