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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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> Ron Johnson, Jr. ron.l.johnson@cox.net
> Jefferson, LA USA
> 
> "Our computers and their computers are the same color. The
> conversion should be no problem!"
> Unknown
> 
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