By the way, I would suggest you to look up FOURTH, LITHP & C-- for languagesist jokes... =) C-omega might even be another fun lookup
Cheers,
-- Sztefan
On 7/18/06,
Brantley Coile <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, Oberon Native's been around for years... =)
I object to that callous remark on two grounds.
The the Oberon system is the inspiration for acme, which, given this
mailing list, gives it some sort of place of honor, and the Oberon
language is as flexible as one can get in a small, strongly typed
language. C might even have evolved to meet Oberon in the middle of
the language field, if it hadn't had pointer arithmetic. That stopped
it cold. Not only do we now require function prototypes, we can even do
typechecking of actual parameters against the format strings of print
functions.
In any event, suggestion that Ada and Oberon are in any way related in
an insult. Langues have feelings too. :)
http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oreport.html
(Is there a category for Languageist jokes? You know, like racist
jokes only for programming langues? ``There are three languages in a
boat, FORTRAN, Pascal, and C. FORTRAN says ... '')
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Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny,
To that goal long ago to me assigned.
I'll follow and not falter; if my will
Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on.
-- Epictetus
He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac
