[Info-vax] C... the only winning move is not to play...

[Paul Sture]

On 2014-02-14, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
> In article <ouv0ta-sil1.ln1 at news.chingola.ch>,
> Paul Sture <nospam at sture.ch> writes:
>>On 2014-02-13, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>>> In article <ldj146$7fg$2 at dont-email.me>,
>>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>>On 2014-02-13, Bob Koehler <koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org> wrote:
>>>>> In article <ldegvp$r54$1 at dont-email.me>,
>>>>> Simon Clubley <clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you think C has strong typing, you should try Ada some time. :-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>    At least in Ada we don't have to sit arounf wondering what "}" means
>>>>>    on this line.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Oh, I agree. :-)
>>>>
>>>>In case it's not obvious from previous postings, I like Ada (and Wirth
>>>>style languages in general).
>>>
>>> If Ada is a Wirth style language, does that imply the C is a Wirthless style
>>> language?  :)
>>
>>Some would say that C doesn't have any sense of style at all.
>>
>>It is surely no coincidence that the rise in the popularity of C came in the
>>same timeframe as that of the term "computer nerd" :-)
>
> I thought LSD had much to do with it! ;)

Quite possibly.  Look at the nice patterns these squiggly things make :-)

I do recall brace and tilde getting Mentioned In Despatches, probably in
RT-11 or related release notes, and did wonder at the time what the fuss
was all about.  Little did I realise I'd end up using both on a frequent
basis.

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Paul Sture