Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!wjh12!talcott!harvard!seismo!rochester!nemo From: nemo@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d Subject: Re: Forth from the Stone Age? Message-ID: <4799@rochester.UUCP> Date: Mon, 17-Dec-84 15:47:02 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.4799 Posted: Mon Dec 17 15:47:02 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 20-Dec-84 03:22:06 EST References: <45@mot.UUCP> <6810@watdaisy.UUCP>, <1807@umcp-cs.UUCP> <6819@watdaisy.UUCP> Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 9 > Why will no-one consider the possibility of using 10-year-old hardware -- > they always insist on using the latest, 5-year-old hardware -- but they are > perfectly happy using languages that are 20 years old? > > -- Norman Diamond > Those who insist on using "cutting edge" hardware often end up debugging it! Nemo