From: Robert Dewar <robert_dewar@my-deja.com>
Subject: Re: Answering an Ada/COBOL Question
Date: 1999/11/14
Date: 1999-11-14T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80leu1$k3l$1@nnrp1.deja.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Pine.BSF.4.10.9911131710530.16406-100000@shell5.ba.best.com
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<Pine.BSF.4.10.9911131710530.16406-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
> I don't want to rain on your parade, but how is this nicer
> than the pattern matching capability that all modern
> functional programming
> languages have?
Sure, these pattern matching facilities handle this capability
fine, though often not with such convenient syntax. But that's
besides the point given that none of these "modern functional
programming languages" are even vaguely suitable for fiscal
programming.
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Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-11-12 0:00 Answering an Ada/COBOL Question Richard D Riehle
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1999-11-13 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-14 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Erlang (Was Re: Answering an Ada/COBOL Question) Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-11-22 0:00 ` Brian Rogoff
1999-11-17 0:00 ` Samuel Tardieu
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Vladimir Olensky
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Answering an Ada/COBOL Question Robert Dewar
1999-11-16 0:00 ` Richard D Riehle
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-18 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Marin Condic
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-11-18 0:00 ` tmoran
1999-11-19 0:00 ` Robert I. Eachus
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Joseph P Vlietstra
1999-11-15 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
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