DEAR EVERYONE,
I HAVE REALLY TRIED TO GET OFF THIS FORUM BUT TO NO AVAIL. I DON'T MEAN TO
SOUND LIKE THAT JOHN CHARACTER WE HAD ON A LITTLE WHILE AGO BUT PLEASE GET
ME OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Martin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 3:23 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [drifting OT]Re: PERL IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE
>>Dean Theophilou [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote
>>Yes, that's right, but they program in "Kobol". :))
Then how do they keep all those variables that you have to declare in Cobol
(you can't just use a variable in a print out, if you want to suppress zeros
and stuff like that). I could never keep all those
variables like "WS-WAGES-MY-LEFT-HINEY-SUBTOTAL" straight in my Cobol class
last semester. And yes, they are still teaching Cobol here in Alabama. I got
a B.
Thank goodness (and Larry Wall) for Perl!
Gene
PS I guess that Ice Kobolds programmed in SNOBAL, others spoke with a LISP,
and all of us were playing an RPG, looking for Perls and other treasure,
skipping school and getting C's in class(es)....
How's that for programming language alliteration?
Gene
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