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=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f7be1,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gidf7be1,public X-Google-Thread: 11390f,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid11390f,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1164ba,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid1164ba,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 1094ba,be6b7e036aa9236c X-Google-Attributes: gid1094ba,public From: schwarza@gdls.com (Art Schwarz) Subject: Re: language wars (results 13 September) last posting Date: 1996/09/24 Message-ID: <528lab$6af@mill.gdls.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 185238022 distribution: inet references: <521ebg$k80@news1.halcyon.com> organization: General Dynamics, Land Systems Div reply-to: schwarza@gdls.com newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.apl,comp.lang.basic,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.rexx,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.smalltalk Date: 1996-09-24T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: (Sorry about entering a private conversation :) Just to provide a basis for settling the discussion, why not contribute your procedure to generate the appropriate statistics and contribute a summary of the statistics. It seems that the conjecture that Friday the 13th (or any other day) occurs more frequently / less frequently than anything is demonstrable, so demonstrate. To be more contentious, there have been 2 (?) postings of algorithms. Before questions are levied on implementation or language features, post an algorithm which demonstrates your case. art schwarz (I have no opinions. They belong to someone else.)