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-Thread: 103376,3413256b2f4bedfc X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!news-feed01.roc.ny.frontiernet.net!nntp.frontiernet.net!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!nasal.pacific.net.au!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: What was the first programming language to use From: David Trudgett Organization: Very little? References: <43045094_1@glkas0286.greenlnk.net> Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:76Jvk/E2rkArp+pOwQMlOrw9Yk0= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:44:54 +1000 NNTP-Posting-Host: 61.8.34.167 X-Complaints-To: news@pacific.net.au X-Trace: nasal.pacific.net.au 1124444965 61.8.34.167 (Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:49:25 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:49:25 EST Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:4184 Date: 2005-08-19T19:44:54+10:00 List-Id: Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes: > Bliss macros are also entirely different from C macros. > > A difference between Lisp and C does not automatically make Lisp > the only language with the right to use the word "system". So, it's good that nobody claimed that? David -- David Trudgett http://www.zeta.org.au/~wpower/ The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate. -- Noam Chomsky