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| From | "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
| Subject | Re: Programming style question |
| Date | 2012-10-19 21:56 -0600 |
| Message-ID | <aeelmoFberqU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | (3 earlier) <XnsA0F0B70DAAC48eejj99@194.109.133.133> <cnc088p6pfjkes0f3klmf68a64188n85o8@4ax.com> <XnsA0F18794F49Feejj99@194.109.133.133> <xsadnQmiZIUSORzNnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> <timstreater-371628.23123019102012@news.individual.net> |
Hi:
How about APL/360 in 1969 --- University of Alberta, and the l;ittle
type-ball I had to sign out and use and return, and the one-liner APL
'programs' we were all trying to out-do each other with. Aah, those times
of 40-odd years ago.
I remember coining the word 'gets' as the assignment operator of a line
in APL. -------- 'a <- a bunch of stuff here' where I used the word
'gets' as the assignment operator where everyone else was saying " a is
assigned the value of ... ". How stupid I was :((
...and of course Fortran IV at the same time, and Algol being developed at
the U of A. too during that time too ---
and I'm still coding every day (In Harbour and Javascript and HTML) ,
and I'm still bad at it too :((
-Mel
"Tim Streater" <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote in message
news:timstreater-371628.23123019102012@news.individual.net...
> In article <xsadnQmiZIUSORzNnZ2dnUVZ_i2dnZ2d@earthlink.com>,
> Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> wrote:
>
>> On 10/18/2012 3:49 PM, Evertjan. wrote:
>> ...
>> > You young boys and girls perhaps do not remember programming in
>> > Assembler
>> > or Forth, [or Algol], [and think pascal is a small form of hectopascal]
>> > so
>> > have a limited definition of "new" in this field.
>> ...
>>
>> I don't know if you are including me in "girls", but I still remember
>> life as an assembly language programmer in 1970.
>
> Me too at about the same time.
>
>> I've also done
>> significant programming in Forth and Pascal, but I've only done some
>> student exercises in Algol.
>
> BCPL? I wrote a Z80 cross-assembler in BCPL circa 1980.
>
>> However, I tend to be more interested in what is going on now and what
>> will happen in the future. I see strong typing as having its major
>> benefits in ensuring some invariants are true for all executions, not
>> just the ones that have happened during testing.
>
> I can't be doing with types, its too much faff.
>
> --
> Tim
>
> "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines
> imposed,
> nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689
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Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-18 08:32 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-18 10:23 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-18 13:42 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-18 17:59 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-18 09:56 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-19 00:49 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-19 11:04 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-20 11:52 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-19 12:06 -0700
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-19 23:12 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-10-19 21:56 -0600
Re: Programming style question Bart Van der Donck <bart@nijlen.com> - 2012-10-20 02:21 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-20 12:03 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-20 06:31 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-20 18:30 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-20 10:32 -0700
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-20 22:34 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-21 10:12 +0200
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-21 09:34 +0100
Re: Programming style question Dr J R Stockton <reply1242@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-21 17:59 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-22 09:55 +0200
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-22 09:50 +0100
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-22 04:49 -0700
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-22 14:04 +0100
Re: Programming style question Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-22 16:07 +0200
Re: Programming style question Dr J R Stockton <reply1243@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-23 18:22 +0100
Re: Programming style question Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-22 16:01 +0200
Re: Programming style question Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-10-22 12:16 -0400
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-22 11:40 -0700
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-22 14:01 -0700
Re: Programming style question Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-23 10:07 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-23 09:43 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-23 11:49 +0200
Re: Programming style question Jim T. <x@y.z> - 2012-10-23 15:52 -0400
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-23 13:07 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-23 22:45 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-23 14:14 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-24 09:35 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-24 10:17 -0700
Re: Programming style question Dr J R Stockton <reply1243@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-25 18:41 +0100
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-25 17:03 -0700
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-25 20:14 -0700
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-25 20:46 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-26 09:55 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-26 06:18 -0700
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-26 17:43 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-26 09:57 -0700
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-26 10:24 -0700
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-26 14:18 -0700
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-27 10:45 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-27 12:58 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-27 16:18 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-27 18:08 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-27 18:26 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-27 19:43 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-27 21:09 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-27 22:53 +0200
Re: Programming style question John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-28 11:37 +0000
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-28 12:50 +0100
Re: Programming style question Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2012-10-28 13:43 -0600
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-28 23:58 +0100
Re: Programming style question John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-29 11:18 +0000
Re: Programming style question Eric Bednarz <bednarz@fahr-zur-hoelle.org> - 2012-10-27 23:58 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-28 12:43 +0100
Re: Programming style question Dr J R Stockton <reply1243@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-10-27 19:44 +0100
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-24 12:06 -0700
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 21:27 +0200
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-10-24 15:12 -0700
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-10-25 01:29 +0100
Re: Programming style question Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-24 21:25 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 21:57 +0200
Re: Programming style question Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-25 01:11 +0200
Re: Programming style question Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-10-25 02:00 +0200
Re: Programming style question Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-24 20:27 -0700
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-25 08:44 +0200
Re: Programming style question Adam Silver <adambsilver@gmail.com> - 2012-10-25 04:28 -0700
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-25 23:18 +0200
Re: Programming style question Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-26 08:24 -0700
Re: Programming style question Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-11-07 22:13 +0100
Re: Programming style question Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2012-11-07 21:51 +0000
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-11-07 23:47 +0100
Re: Programming style question Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-11-08 01:14 +0100
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-11-07 16:51 -0800
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-08 16:45 +0100
Re: Programming style question Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-11-08 08:02 -0800
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-08 17:39 +0100
Re: Programming style question Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2012-11-08 11:25 -0800
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-08 22:25 +0100
Re: Programming style question John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-11-09 10:19 +0000
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-11-09 17:41 +0100
Re: Programming style question Dr J R Stockton <reply1245@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2012-11-10 22:38 +0000
Re: Programming style question Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-22 12:32 -0700
Re: Programming style question Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-23 10:05 +0200
Re: Programming style question Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-10-22 22:11 +0200
Re: Programming style question Stefan Weiss <krewecherl@gmail.com> - 2012-10-23 02:42 +0200
Re: Programming style question Hans-Georg Michna <hans-georgNoEmailPlease@michna.com> - 2012-10-23 10:08 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2012-10-20 18:34 +0200
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-18 11:57 +0200
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-18 13:06 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-18 15:32 +0300
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-18 13:37 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-18 15:55 +0300
Re: Programming style question John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-19 10:12 +0100
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-19 07:24 -0700
Re: Programming style question John G Harris <john@nospam.demon.co.uk> - 2012-10-20 17:47 +0100
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 01:15 +0100
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 01:31 +0100
Re: Programming style question "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-24 07:34 +0300
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 19:57 +0200
Re: Programming style question "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2012-10-24 21:02 +0300
Re: Programming style question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-10-18 20:15 -0700
Re: Programming style question Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-10-24 01:21 +0100
Re: Programming style question Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2012-10-21 17:57 -0700
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