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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109d8a,ae69c50ef02cd1c0 X-Google-Attributes: gid109d8a,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,baaf5f793d03d420 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 114bcd,7c16b265ab0f91b2,start X-Google-Attributes: gid114bcd,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 1014db,6154de2e240de72a X-Google-Attributes: gid1014db,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,97188312486d4578 X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public From: andrewg@microlise.co.uk (Andrew Gierth) Subject: Re: What's the best language to start with? [was: Re: Should I learn C or Pascal?] Date: 1996/10/01 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 186363150 x-geek: (V3.1) x-nntp-posting-host: microl.demon.co.uk references: x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.3.9.13; tzolkin = 5 Ben; haab = 16 Chen followup-to: alt.religion.kibology organization: Microlise Engineering Ltd. x-attribution: AG newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.unix.programmer,comp.lang.ada,sci.math,alt.religion.kibology Date: 1996-10-01T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: >>>>> "Craig" == Craig Franck writes: > "Spencer M. Simpson, Jr." wrote: >> Adam Beneschan wrote: >>> >>> jsa@alexandria (Jon S Anthony) writes: >>> > >>> >Actually, when people use the side-ways "8" notation,... >>> >>> As long as we're getting pedantic:... >> As long as we're getting pedantic, shouldn't this thread have a >> defferent name? Craig> The problem is that you never know what a thread will evolve into! Craig> Certain threads exist as a kind of dumping ground for idle musings. Craig> I remember pondering "If god exists, is he procedural?". Also, notice Craig> that it has already undergone a name change. It's also been going on for over 2 months now, and it's *still* off-topic in comp.unix.programmer. The References: headers got so big that several people's newsreaders have trashed them, and various additional groups have migrated in and out of the Newsgroups: line. At least the religious wars that it used to contain have died down a little (or possibly migrated elsewhere). Ah well, such is Usenet. -- Andrew Gierth (andrewg@microlise.co.uk) "Ceterum censeo Microsoftam delendam esse" - Alain Knaff in nanam