We used to. It was called APL. One word: Ugh (feel free to pronounce that any way you want). -m.
-- I want to change the world but they won't give me the source code. On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 03:36, Ruben Reusser <[email protected]> wrote: > When I was a younger programmer I always wondered why we don't have a > symbolic programming language free of any text - except maybe for resources. > Should be easier to parse and would be fair to everybody. > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Todd Costella <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Jeff just posted this on his twitter feed: >> http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1564775356 >> >> >> <quote> >> c'mon. What serious language has characters wearing little tiny hats? >> àèìòù áéíóúý âêîôû ãñõ äëïöüŸ Åå? or beards? çÇ -- I REST MY CASE! >> >> about 4 hours ago from web >> >> codinghorror >> Jeff Atwood >> </quote> >> >> sigh. welcome to diversity. >> >> (Yes I realize this is said tounge in cheek. Maybe.) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Mwanji Ezana >> Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:24 AM >> To: The Java Posse >> Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Les CastCodeurs == Java Posse in French >> >> >> On Apr 17, 4:27 pm, "Todd Costella" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > If I heard correctly, one of the main reasons they fellows are doing the >> > podcast is that they work all day in English and wanted to have some outlet >> > to discuss technical topics in French. I have a ton of respect for folks >> > that speak multiple languages. >> > >> > It's something we (English) North Americans just take for granted that >> > we'll do a Google search and find an answer in English. I do wish the >> > fellows the best of luck with their Podcast. I'll be following along as >> > best >> > I can keeping up with Java news. >> >> That reminds me of Jeff Atwood's recent statements on his blog and the >> Stack Overflow podcast about English as the only language that counts >> for programmers. For someone who's created such a successful piece of >> social software, I'm surprised he didn't see why people would want to >> talk about programming in their own language. >> >> Mwanji >> >> >> > > > > -- > Ruben Reusser > headwire.com, Inc > 949 595 4365 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
