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| From | Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy |
| Date | 2015-02-27 23:48 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <clce35F7i91U12@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <20150226114549.0c68749b.rsw@therandymon.com> <mcp630$5fl$1@dont-email.me> <mcpqsd$ah$1@solani.org> <mcqvkv$a9c$1@dont-email.me> |
On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 15:47:21 -0800, Oregonian Haruspex wrote: > On 2015-02-27 13:19:09 +0000, RS Wood said: > >> On 2015-02-27, Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> Some Kvikkalkul resources are no longer available. Your help is >>>> needed to keep this language from being lost to future generations of >>>> computer programmers. >>> >>> Part of me thinks that April 1st came early this year... >> >> If the site was made with Claris HomePage, it's more likely that April >> 1st came early about 19 years ago (yikes, has it been that long?) > > If I post a document I created today with my IIGS's Writer's Choice > Elite would you come to the same conclusion? Just yesterday I was > moving some files off my Powerbook 5300c. All one needs is an emulator > or an old computer to generate old looking files. > > Not that it's concrete proof, but archive.org has no record of that page > before September 16, 2009. However Google's archive does indeed show a > posting from 1994 now that I look! > > Maybe it's old but I'm not convinced that it isn't a practical joke. > >> It would be interesting if a Swedish speaker could tell us what that >> word means. As for unique languages, this thing dates back to the >> 1960s, a time when creating a new language wasn't that unheard of and >> computer scientists were far more accustomed with going straight to the >> bare metal layer, or just above. > > I don't speak Swedish but I can tell you without looking at anything but > the word that it means "quick calculator." A Swedish student of mine says he's never come across the word. More likely to be 'cod Swedish' (as from the 'Swedish chef'). -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-26 11:45 +0000
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-26 23:24 -0800
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 13:19 +0000
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy "Dirk T. Verbeek" <dverbeek@xs4all.nl> - 2015-02-27 21:13 +0100
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2015-02-27 15:47 -0800
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-02-27 23:48 +0000
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-02-28 11:08 +0200
Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-02-28 12:22 +0000
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