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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_20,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad36,304bf1b96a0d2287 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad36,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,304bf1b96a0d2287 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,304bf1b96a0d2287 X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: 10cc59,304bf1b96a0d2287 X-Google-Attributes: gid10cc59,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,304bf1b96a0d2287 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jm59@prism.gatech.edu (John M. Mills) Subject: Re: International Algorithmic Language Date: 1997/08/06 Message-ID: <5s9tl5$fs4@acmez.gatech.edu>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 262620973 References: <5s7tpq$gjt@nntp.seflin.org> <33E79D91.5226@pseserv3.fw.hac.com> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.lang.pascal,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.ada,comp.unix.programmer Date: 1997-08-06T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: This all reminds me of the terrific April 1 posting ostensibly by Kernigan and/or Ritchie apologizing that their originally well-intentioned jokes of the 'C' language and Unix had taken on a life of their own and people were actually using them! It also reminded me of a proposed simplification of written English which progressively eliminates non-phonetic constructions and incorporates each step into its own text until the final lines are almost unintelligible unless you stayed on track throughout. Classic material. Particularly considering that it appeared in an *.ada newsgroup. Ebonics, move over! -- John M. Mills, Senior Research Engineer -- john.m.mills@gtri.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA 30332-0834 Phone contacts: 404.894.0151 (voice), 404.894.6258 (FAX) "Lies, Damned Lies, Statistics, and Simulations."