Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!whuxl!houxm!ihnp4!nsc!srm From: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Real programmers....... Message-ID: <1939@nsc.UUCP> Date: Sun, 2-Dec-84 10:15:17 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.1939 Posted: Sun Dec 2 10:15:17 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 05:38:41 EST References: <2079@garfield.UUCP> <> Reply-To: srm@nsc.UUCP (Richard Mateosian) Organization: National Semiconductor, Sunnyvale Lines: 16 Summary: In article <36200012@uiucuxc.UUCP> rcook@uiucuxc.UUCP writes: > I think the only two REAL languages for programmers are: > > 1. 'c' > 2. assembly When I was a REAL programmer, a program (for the IBM 650) was a column of 10-digit numbers. Comments were for sissies. Assemblers existed (SAP and SOAP) but REAL programmers didn't use them. Fortunately, I stopped being a REAL programmer nearly 25 years ago, and now I don't think there are any REAL programming languages. -- Richard Mateosian {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!srm nsc!srm@decwrl.ARPA