On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 19:25, Tim Connors wrote:
> Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sat, 18 Oct 2003 18:56:13 -0500:
> > On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 19:54, Chris Roddy wrote:
> > > really, the syntax of most programming languages is not very much like
> > > english -- english would have us putting the block before the for() or
> > > if() :-) ...
> >
> > What???? (At least for control structures and procedural languages.)
> >
> > IF (I LIKE BEER) AND (THERE IS BEER IN THE FRIDGE) THEN
> > GO GET A "BUD"
> > END IF
>
> No, I think he meant Perl's unless statement:
>
> (drink more bear[1]) unless (no more beer)
>
> Perl must be pretty much the *most* english language out there.
>
> Prove me wrong, come on, I dare you. :)
COBOL.... (in this case, COBOL-85)
PERFORM 100-TURN-ON-TV THROUGH 100-EXIT.
MOVE 0 TO NUMBER-OF-BEERS-DRUNK.
PERFORM UNTIL NUMBER-OF-BEERS-DRUNK EQUALS 24
PERFORM 200-DRINK-BEER THROUGH 200-EXIT.
ADD 1 TO NUMBER-OF-BEERS-DRUNK.
END-PERFORM.
You kids need a better knowledge of history.
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