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Date: 20 Nov 92 21:53:39 GMT
From: seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net  (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Computer languages
Message-ID: <1992Nov20.215339.2648@seas.gwu.edu>
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In article <9211121331.AA21974@efftoo.boeing.com> crispen@efftoo.boeing.com (cr
ispen) writes:
>
[stuff deleted]

>A buddy of mine just did a big interactive text and file thing using
>Ada and it took him 3 days.  I'm certain he could have done it in C
>in half a morning.
>
And for 1-shot text stuff, I use Snobol4. Really.
(There's a great freely-distributed version for PC's, and some
nice industrial strength ones as well).

Mike
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