I was looking for a specific quote and ended up finding this page which has
some relevant ones for most of this thread. Took out some of the better ones
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Programming
http://www.gdargaud.net/Humor/QuotesProgramming.html
On Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:27:39 -0600
Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
On 02/09/2009 05:02 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 11:57:42PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote:
Just for the record, Fortran is very much alive and kicking. It's actually
a wonderful language for mathematical work and HPC. It's just no longer a
hype word. And I'm mostly talking about fortran 90/95. Fortran 77 is a bit
archaic. I am hoping that a fortran 2008 compiler will come out soon and
that has object oriented paradigms. Maybe part of the problem is the lack
of a cheap/free/accessible compiler for windows as the intel compiler
rather expensive, but HPC is much more linux/unix based anyway.
I agree that Fortran is alive and kicking. I still have some Fortran77
FORTRAN, the infantile disorder, by now nearly 20 years old, is hopelessly inadequate for whatever computer application you have in mind today: it is now too clumsy, too risky, and too expensive to use. —Edsger Dijkstra, circa 1970.
Isn't it obvious to everyone that PL/I is the *only* language?
Actually I just remembered my first language, even before basic, was logo (just
shows how old I am). Turns out that it's still alive
aptitude install ucblogo
Regarding previous talk about ADA:
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C treats you like a consenting adult. Pascal treats you like a naughty child. Ada treats you like a criminal.
* Bruce Powel Douglass