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Subject: Re: Syntax and redundancy
From: Chris Marrin <chris () marrin ! com>
Date: 2005-08-31 18:28:55
Message-ID: 4315F6E7.1030309 () marrin ! com
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Stefano Lanzavecchia wrote:
>...
>>Good point. In fact, forget about these newfangled computer screens.
>>To program APL you will need an IBM selectric terminal with your own
>>APL typeball. Now THAT was programming :-)
>
>
> I noticed the smiley... Nevertheless I'll have to chime in... How happens
> that I and 15 of my colleagues program daily in APL without feeling the need
> for an IBM selectric terminal with our own typeball? ;) APL has moved a long
> way since...
Ha! Computer screens. Why I remember when we didn't have computer
screens or keeeyboards. We had to chisel our code on stone tablets, walk
10 miles up a steep, wolverine infested mountain, hand the tablets to
the oracle and then wait three weeks for a reply, even if we had syntax
errors... AND WE LIKED IT!
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