Sujet : Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : commodorejohn (at) *nospam* gmail.com (John Ames)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc alt.folklore.computersDate : 25. Sep 2024, 16:34:51
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On 25 Sep 2024 04:38:54 GMT
rbowman <
bowman@montana.com> wrote:
That sums it up. I've heard Wirth's languages described as programs
that are designed to tell secrets to themselves.
That's a marvelous description, although it fails to really capture the
perversity of things like array-size-as-type-distinction; when a man
introduces language features that practically every single third-party
implementor has to provide their own workaround for, you know you've
found a Truly Special Genius.
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