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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 11440e,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid11440e,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-06 08:46:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:29:30 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9fli8s$4fa$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3B0DBD4A.82943473@my-deja.net> <3B0DD011.88FCD00E@acm.org> <83WP6.3874$yc6.728572@news.xtra.co.nz> <3B1411D0.3AAF42E7@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9f2nks$ibd$0@dosa.alt.net> <3B177EF7.2A2470F4@facilnet.es> <9f8b7b$h0e$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9f8r0i$lu3$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1CECCA.65285DB3@dresdner-bank.com> <9firmt$482$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1D0357.645C9FAE@amsjv.com> <9fj23f$6oo$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1DF628.4951B79A@brighton.ac.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 991841372 4586 136.170.200.133 (6 Jun 2001 15:29:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Jun 2001 15:29:32 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ruby:10427 comp.lang.ada:8231 comp.lang.awk:2821 comp.lang.clarion:21221 comp.lang.java.programmer:74098 comp.lang.pl1:815 comp.lang.vrml:3557 Date: 2001-06-06T15:29:32+00:00 List-Id: Space = '0'; Tab = '1'. Go forth and write machine code in binary. Hard as it may be to imagine, I think such a language would be even *more* perverse than my favorite perverse language: Befunge. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ted Dennison" wrote in message news:vuqT6.996$bA3.39007@www.newsranger.com... > In article <3B1DF628.4951B79A@brighton.ac.uk>, John English says... > > > >Marin David Condic wrote: > >> "Philip Anderson" wrote in message > >> news:3B1D0357.645C9FAE@amsjv.com... > >> > > >> > CORAL 66 conveniently allowed spaces in identifier names (but keywords > >> > were quoted so they stood out). > >> > >> Must have been kind of tough to parse. > > > >Why? The lexer just treats whitespace as it would treat underlines > >in Ada: > > When I'm in one of those weirder moods and I think Intercal didn't go far > enough, I've occasionaly considered creating a language where the *only* > significant characters are the whitespace. Everything would have to coded using > sequences of spaces, tabs, and newlines, separated by text. Since the text > itself wouldn't matter, you could use all of it for comments. Thus this language > would be inherently self-documenting! :-) > > I think I was inspired by my initial frustration with make's tabs. > > --- > T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html > home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com