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- From: furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod)
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- Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
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- Date: 29 Dec 92 19:57:05 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.150728.18195@ra.msstate.edu> chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec29.120344.13694@netcom.com> erc@netcom.com (Eric Smith) writes:
- >>
- >>By general purpose, you mean to exclude SQL, APL, Yacc, Awk, etc., right?
- >>
- >>When programmers invent new programming languages to write application
- >>programs, the application programs they have in mind are usually those
- >>they have done in the past and/or those they are doing at the time. For
- >>that reason, a really general purpose language has to be invented by
- >>hundreds of programmers. That means it has to evolve over a number of
- >>years before it will be really general. Thus C++ etc.
- >
- >When you mention a "general purpose" language designed by hundreds
- >of programmers, I think of ADA .... and my reaction is:
- >
- >AAAAAAARrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh!
- >
- >Thank you very much, but no, C is just fine for me.
- >Really.
- >--
- >* Billy Chambless University of Southern Mississippi, USA
- >* chambles@whale.st.usm.edu
- >*
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- ADA: Another Dumb Adaptation...
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