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Re: Kvikkalkul: secret programming language of the Swedish Navy

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On 2015-02-26 11:45:49 +0000, RS Wood said:

> http://workbench.cadenhead.org/book/homepage24/kvikkalkul/
> 
> Interesting!  For bonus points, the badge "This site made with Claris
> Home Page."  Hadn't thought of that old software in many years.  How
> time flies.
> 
> //--clip
> This Web site is devoted to Kvikkalkul, the secret programming language 
> of the Swedish Navy. In October 1994, the language was described in a 
> Usenet message by an anonymous programmer who used Kvikkalkul in 1957 
> to write submarine weapons guidance programs and an accounting program.
> 
>  Documentation
> 
> The original Usenet posting about Kvikkalkul
> A second Usenet posting offering more details
> A third Usenet posting with example source code
> The Kvikkalkul 95 announcement
>  Programs
> 
> A Kvikkalkul-to-C translator by Asher Hoskins
> A PowerMac version distributed by Brian Conners
>  Help
> 
> 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...

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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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