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: fac41,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: fa0ae,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa0ae,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f645d,f7a7163813ae8672 X-Google-Attributes: gidf645d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-12-11 16:20:43 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!sunqbc.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!news0.telusplanet.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: wallewek@kmsi.net Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.object,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.perl.misc Subject: Re: Bizarre languages ( was Re: Best language for low IQ programmers? ) Organization: K&M Systems Integration Message-ID: References: <1004990076967295@aol.com> <3e68a8bb.0111161813.77de6474@posting.google.com> <08utvtg6437744cjn7120ul528hjbeg25s@4ax.com> <3C047697.28D5059C@nyc.rr.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 00:20:42 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.67.16.226 X-Trace: news0.telusplanet.net 1008116442 24.67.16.226 (Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:20:42 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 17:20:42 MST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.basic.visual:11737 comp.lang.c++:110577 comp.lang.java.programmer:116957 comp.object:27766 comp.lang.eiffel:5116 comp.lang.ada:17797 comp.lang.perl.misc:82302 Date: 2001-12-12T00:20:42+00:00 List-Id: Sorry, I can'r resist. This is one of my favorites: ---------------------- Bell Laboratories has formally announced what it believes is the ultimate computer science language. Described by Iusi Nogoto, the foremost Japanese fourth generation language expert, as "the only truly elegant computer language ever devised." NULL, as it is known, was developed by the same department that originally invented the wrong number, the busy signal, and the phrase, "The number you have reached is not in service." ... ---------------------- For the rest of the text, see: http://jdurrett.ba.ttu.edu/misc/Null-language.html Note the name of the programmer. Priceless! /kenw Ken Wallewein Calgary, Alberta kenw@kmsi.net