Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!teknowledge-vaxc!sri-unix!garth!phipps From: phipps@garth.UUCP (Clay Phipps) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Might Makes Right ? (was Re: Algol-68 down for the count) Keywords: C,FORTRAN,evil Message-ID: <2068@garth.UUCP> Date: 1 Dec 88 02:26:55 GMT References: <388@ubbpc.UUCP> <16187@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <599@quintus.UUCP> <591@tuck.nott-cs.UUCP> <404@ubbpc.UUCP> <41111@ccicpg.UUCP> <1975@garth.UUCP> Reply-To: phipps@garth.UUCP (Clay Phipps) Organization: INTERGRAPH (APD) -- Palo Alto, CA Lines: 17 In article <1975@garth.UUCP> smryan@garth.UUCP (Steven Ryan) writes: >I envy all you across the Atlantic. >On this side of the big shining water >we're debating whether C or Fortran is better. My colleague speaketh with tongue in cheek. We are simply following the custom becoming well established in our main-stream politics: choosing between the lesser of 2 evils. It is interesting to ponder the origin of (or force behind) some of the most heavily used languages on this side of the Pond: FORTRAN, COBOL, C, and Ada: Big Blue, the Pentagon, Ma Bell, and the Pentagon, respectively. -- [The foregoing may or may not represent the position, if any, of my employer] Clay Phipps {ingr,pyramid,sri-unix!hplabs}!garth!phipps