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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,c890e6ab3fb2c5fc X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,c890e6ab3fb2c5fc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-02-09 12:58:14 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++ Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!rutgers!news.iag.net!news.mathworks.com!uunet!fsi-ssd!mikeb From: mikeb@ssd.fsi.com (Mike Bates) Subject: Re: Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help] Sender: mikeb@dev1.ssd.fsi.com (Mike Bates x581) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU's message of Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:37:33 GMT Date: Thu, 9 Feb 1995 20:58:14 GMT References: <3gtai2$3mq@horus.mch.sni.de> <3gudf1$ia1@network.ucsd.edu> <132301@cup.portal.com> Organization: FlightSafety-SSD, Tulsa, OK, USA Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.lang.ada:18772 comp.lang.c++:89605 Date: 1995-02-09T20:58:14+00:00 List-Id: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes: >Hmm, just wondering, but has there ever been a computer programming >language similar in "syntax" to Latin? (using "prefixes"/"suffixes" >only instead of order to indicate which identifers were refering >to the procedures/functions and which to data sources or destinations). > >Most programming languages seem to use order related syntaxes >(e.g. prefix, infix, or postfix operator notation)... Yes! Replace while loops with the ablative absolute! grassibus.longibus { lawnum.mowite; } (Sorry, my Latin dictionary is at home.) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Bates FlightSafety International, Simulation Systems Div. Principal Engineer 2700 North Hemlock Circle Computer Systems Group Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74012 mikeb@ssd.fsi.com 918-251-0500 ext. 462 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------