SNOBOL...great for phone books... Used it for a couple of years.
Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting James Melin wrote: > Oh my ghod do I feel dated. I mention SNOBOL here and people look at me > funny (they do that anyway, but even more). Last used SNOBOL on a CDC > machine, I forget what one, 22 years ago. > > |---------+----------------------------> > | | Thomas David | > | | Rivers | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | m> | > | | Sent by: Linux on| > | | 390 Port | > | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | | IST.EDU> | > | | | > | | | > | | 05/09/2002 05:28 | > | | AM | > | | Please respond to| > | | Linux on 390 Port| > | | | > |---------+----------------------------> > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > | > | > | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > | > | cc: > | > | Subject: Re: PL/X was RE: [LINUX-390] Sharing Files Between CMS/Linux > | > >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| > > Alan Altmark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wednesday, 05/08/2002 at 11:21 AST, Adam Thornton > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 11:14:43PM -0400, Gregg C Levine wrote: > > > > I'm surprised that no mention was made of APL, for example, as it > > > > could be used for building the systems, such as the current family of > > > > Z servers. I'm putting that thought down, because I happen to know > > > > that the language was originally written for creating IBM systems. > > > > > > Eeeagh! > > > > > > There's a loud bang, and suddenly your foot is missing, but you don't > > > remember enough matrix algebra to know why. (Apologies to David Boyes > > > for stealing his line.) > > > > > > Adam > > > > ROTFL! > > > > We were thinking more along the lines of SNOBOL. ;-) If we ever go to > > another HLL my guess it that it would be system C....though I think that > > if God had meant for Man to write in a HLL, we would not have stumbled > > onto Assembler! WDNNSHLL! Down with HLLs! (I've got my torch and > > pitchfork, let's go....) > > Alan, > > Feel free to give us a visit - anytime! > > Although, we would appreciate it if the pitchforks stayed home :-) > [I've got visions of the opening scenes of "Shrek" flying around > my head :-) ] > > - Dave Rivers - > > p.s. After WAVV a few weeks ago, I dug out my SNOBOL books! I've > got the original Griswold "green" books. I kinda liked SNOBOL :-) > Ah... the heady days of yore... but - I'm way off-topic now! > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: (919) 676-0847 > Get your mainframe programming tools at http://www.dignus.com
