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=3.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_DATE, MSGID_SHORT,REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Xref: utzoo comp.software-eng:3021 comp.lang.ada:3373 comp.lang.c:26500 comp.lang.fortran:2950 comp.lang.lisp:2855 comp.lang.misc:4317 comp.lang.modula2:2138 comp.lang.pascal:3187 comp.lang.scheme:1130 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!ubc-cs!manis From: manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) 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: <6984@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: 3 Mar 90 02:23:33 GMT References: <1004@micropen> <14258@lambda.UUCP> Sender: news@cs.ubc.ca Reply-To: manis@cs.ubc.ca (Vincent Manis) Organization: Bucky Bits Cereal Keyboards, Ltd. List-Id: I might note that B's syntax, and hence C's syntax, was a definite *dis*improvement [sic] over that of its predecessor, BCPL. I would in fact post an article saying exactly that, except for the fact that this entire thread most certainly belongs somewhere, but not in comp.lang.scheme. Would you please edit the Newsgroups: line in further articles on this subject? -- \ Vincent Manis "There is no law that vulgarity and \ Department of Computer Science literary excellence cannot coexist." /\ University of British Columbia -- A. Trevor Hodge / \ Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1W5 (604) 228-2394