On 20 July 2018 at 13:16, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:14 PM, Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote:
>> I go with SF fandom's traditional :-) definition: "somebody did it once."
>> If it's been done more than once, it's an honoured tradition.
>
> But if Shakespeare did it, it's just the way the language is.
>
> I think Fortran is the programming world's Shakespeare.

Or maybe COBOL:

"And lo from yonder file a record doth appear"...

Paul
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