Re: OT - Programming Languages w/o English Syntax
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 06:56:13PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>
> IF (I LIKE BEER) AND (THERE IS BEER IN THE FRIDGE) THEN
> GO GET A "BUD"
> END IF
>
> IF (THE FOOTBALL GAME IS ON TV) THEN
> TURN ON TV TO ESPN
> IF (BEER IN HAND) THEN
> WHILE (BOTTLE NOT FULL)
> DRINK BEER
> END WHILE
> SCREAM AT OLD LADY FOR MORE BEER
+ IF (OLD LADY SCREAMS AT YOU FOR CALLING FOR MORE BEER WHILE YOU HAVE A FULL BOTTLE IN YOUR HAND) ...
> END IF
> END IF
>
> No, there's not a perfect correlation, and it looks more like
> COBOL than stack-oriented languages like C/Pascal (not RPN stacks!),
> but the same control flow is still there
>
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> Jefferson, LA USA
>
> "Our computers and their computers are the same color. The
> conversion should be no problem!"
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>
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