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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: f645d,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidf645d,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-11 19:13:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!netnews.com!nntp.abs.net!feeder.qis.net!yellow.newsread.com!bad-news.newsread.com!netaxs.com!newsread.com!POSTED.monger.newsread.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Bizarre languages ( was Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? ) References: <1004990076967295@aol.com> <3C047697.28D5059C@nyc.rr.com> Followup-To: comp.programmer Organization: Plover Systems Co. From: mjd@plover.com (Mark Jason Dominus) Message-ID: <3c16cb6c.4530$200@news.op.net> X-OpNet-Trace: news1.op.net 1008126828 17712.512 plover.com i/oleg c/local Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 03:13:49 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.29.195.22 X-Complaints-To: Abuse Role , We Care X-Trace: monger.newsread.com 1008126829 207.29.195.22 (Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:13:49 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 22:13:49 EST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.basic.visual:11743 comp.lang.c++:110655 comp.lang.java.programmer:116987 comp.object:27783 comp.lang.eiffel:5120 comp.lang.ada:17808 comp.lang.perl.misc:82325 Date: 2001-12-12T03:13:49+00:00 List-Id: In article , wrote: >Sorry, I can'r resist. This is one of my favorites: > >---------------------- >Bell Laboratories has formally announced what it believes is the ultimate >computer science language. Described by Iusi Nogoto, the foremost Japanese >fourth generation language expert, as "the only truly elegant computer >language ever devised." >---------------------- > >Note the name of the programmer. Priceless! Truth is stranger (and usually more interesting) than fiction. According to the article "Structured Programming with GO TO Statements" by Donald E. Knuth: At the IFIP Congress in 1971 I had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Eiichi Goto of Japan, who cheerfully complained that he was always being elimiated. (ACM _Computing Surveys_, Vol. 6 No. 4 (December 1974) p. 264) -- @P=split//,".URRUU\c8R";@d=split//,"\nrekcah xinU / lreP rehtona tsuJ";sub p{ @p{"r$p","u$p"}=(P,P);pipe"r$p","u$p";++$p;($q*=2)+=$f=!fork;map{$P=$P[$f^ord ($p{$_})&6];$p{$_}=/ ^$P/ix?$P:close$_}keys%p}p;p;p;p;p;map{$p{$_}=~/^[P.]/&& close$_}%p;wait until$?;map{/^r/&&<$_>}%p;$_=$d[$q];sleep rand(2)if/\S/;print