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  1. Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman
  3. From: mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)
  4. Subject: Re: Computer languages
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov20.215339.2648@seas.gwu.edu>
  6. Sender: news@seas.gwu.edu
  7. Organization: George Washington University
  8. References: <9211121331.AA21974@efftoo.boeing.com>
  9. Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:53:39 GMT
  10. Lines: 27
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  12. In article <9211121331.AA21974@efftoo.boeing.com> crispen@efftoo.boeing.com (crispen) writes:
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  14. [stuff deleted]
  15.  
  16. >A buddy of mine just did a big interactive text and file thing using
  17. >Ada and it took him 3 days.  I'm certain he could have done it in C
  18. >in half a morning.
  19. >
  20. And for 1-shot text stuff, I use Snobol4. Really.
  21. (There's a great freely-distributed version for PC's, and some
  22. nice industrial strength ones as well).
  23.  
  24. Mike
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  26. Michael B. Feldman
  27. co-chair, SIGAda Education Committee
  28.  
  29. Professor, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  30. School of Engineering and Applied Science
  31. The George Washington University
  32. Washington, DC 20052 USA
  33. (202) 994-5253 (voice)
  34. (202) 994-5296 (fax)
  35. mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Internet)
  36.  
  37. "Americans wants the fruits of patience -- and they want them now."
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