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Date: 29 Oct 92 22:56:58 GMT
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u.edu!cs.utexas.edu!convex!spray@bloom-beacon.mit.edu  (Rob Spray)
Subject: Re: Fun survey! (was: Re: An admittedly biased Ada/C++ comparison, by 
Ed Schonberg)
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In <OBRY.92Oct26113622@cheesesteak.flash.bellcore.com> obry@flash.bellcore.com 
(Pascal Obry) writes:


My turn, 

>   1) What is your native language (ex. English, French, Spanish, et.al.)?

English

>   1bis) What computer language do you learn (in order) ?

DAP-II, FORTRAN II, FORTRAN IV, DAP-16, Algol-60, COBOL, 
Macro-11, PL/1, Plexus, Pascal, DCL, Ada, C, Perl, etc, etc,

>   2) What was the first computer language that you wrote programs in?

DAP-II.

>   3) What assembly/macro assembly language did you first learn?

DAP-II.

>   4) To your personal knowledge, what compiler would you buy for your
>   personal computer if cost is not a problem (you have unlimited dollars
>   to use)?

Rational Ada (if you have "unlimited dollars", the definition of
"personal computer" changes!)

>   5) To your personal knowledge, what compiler would you buy for your
>   personal computer if cost is a problem (you have to buy the cheapest)?

gcc


--Rob    spray@convex.com