On Dec 14, 2007 10:25 AM, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just wanted to get a good discussion going on the merits of knowing > and using lingua archae vs lingua franca. > Lingua archae is my term for languages that once were popular but have > been fading out of fashion and entered a general state of disuse. > Languages such as Perl, RPG, COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN, assembler and of > course the list goes on and on.
/me sets plug on /ignore pending the war on perl. Honestly, the line in Princess Bride about starting land wars in asia should really be "don't bad mouth perl in plug!" Didn't you know plug stands for perl lovers user group? /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
