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From: munnari.oz.au!metro!usage!sserve!f262.n620.z3!gateway@tcgould.tn.cornell. edu  (ben elliston)
Subject: Mother of all languages, which now?
Date: 29 May 93 23:21:01 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <738718252.AA01402@f262.n620.z3.fidonet.org> (raw)

Organization: Compact Solutions, Canberra ACT Australia

 > Prolog: You tell your program you want to be shot in
 > the foot.  The program figures out how to do it, but the syntax
 > doesn't allow it to explain.

Shouldn't this be:

 > Prolog: You shoot yourself in the toe.  You then shoot
 > the rest of your toes.

(it's recursive!)

:-)

Cheers, Ben

 * Origin: % ES: bringing HS/Link to your FrontDoor! % (3:620/262)

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1993-05-28  1:39 Michael Feldman
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