From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_DATE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:2989 comp.lang.ada:3356 comp.lang.c:26451 comp.lang.fortran:2941 comp.lang.lisp:2848 comp.lang.misc:4303 comp.lang.modula2:2129 comp.lang.pascal:3181 comp.lang.scheme:1122 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!apple!lins From: lins@Apple.COM (Chuck Lins) Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.pascal,comp.lang.scheme Subject: Re: problems/risks due to programming language, stories requested Message-ID: <39109@apple.Apple.COM> Date: 1 Mar 90 21:42:21 GMT References: <9790@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> <6960@internal.Apple.COM> <1883@skye.ed.ac.uk> Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA List-Id: In article <1883@skye.ed.ac.uk> jeff@aiai.UUCP (Jeff Dalton) writes: >In article <6960@internal.Apple.COM> chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes: > >machismo is thus huffed and puffed up (another of my personal opinions is > >that the per capita arrogance of C programmers far outweighs the per > >capita arrogance of any other language-aficionado group). > >Except for Pascal programmers. Even Wirth has moved on by now. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yup. Even beyond Modula-2 to Oberon. And several colleagues at ETHZ have enhance Oberon with object-oriented extensions. -- Chuck Lins | "Exit left to funway." Apple Computer, Inc. | Internet: lins@apple.com 20525 Mariani Avenue | AppleLink: LINS Mail Stop 41-K | Cupertino, CA 95014 | "Self-proclaimed Object Oberon Evangelist" The intersection of Apple's ideas and my ideas yields the empty set.