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10/28/08 14:55
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 		 #159424 - yeah, yeah
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Per Westermark said:
But if doing commercial programming, it helps to know - and be fluent in - the languages that customers may explicitly request.


This is exactly why you should perfect your Pascal skills... ;-)

Per Westermark said:
What I have tried to say from the beginning of this thread is that there are not just one language, and that people should keep an open mind.


Yeah, yeah.

Now, let's talk about BASIC... :-P

JW

List of 70 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
C vs Pascal            01/01/70 00:00      
   A long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away...            01/01/70 00:00      
      Choice ?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Chalk and Cheese            01/01/70 00:00      
      A bit too simplistic analysis            01/01/70 00:00      
         Bondage and discipline            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, you can            01/01/70 00:00      
               ?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Thinking hard about writing code is essential            01/01/70 00:00      
                  blame users, not tools            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Real Programmers            01/01/70 00:00      
                        It\'s back to planning and documentation again            01/01/70 00:00      
         readibility            01/01/70 00:00      
            I have and do            01/01/70 00:00      
               I fully agree            01/01/70 00:00      
               C *is* cryptic by design            01/01/70 00:00      
                  You say cryptic, I say terse            01/01/70 00:00      
                     and what is the purpose...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        terseness/ clatity            01/01/70 00:00      
                           any language depends on naming            01/01/70 00:00      
                              i do not            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Why not, if appropriate?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    one-char index isn't a problem            01/01/70 00:00      
                           never say never to have a multiline C construct            01/01/70 00:00      
                              multi-line conditional            01/01/70 00:00      
                  still just symbols            01/01/70 00:00      
                  No one says you have to use every short cut in C            01/01/70 00:00      
                     it's not the shortcuts...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        whatever it is            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Just a minute ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                              C can thrill you            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Not the point            01/01/70 00:00      
            free choice            01/01/70 00:00      
               commercial?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  yes, commercial            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I did never question...            01/01/70 00:00      
                        choices are good            01/01/70 00:00      
                           yeah, yeah            01/01/70 00:00      
                              ADD 1 TO COBOL            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 On Languages            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    braces            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       I like the literal BEGIN and END much better!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          Perhaps            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             That\'s not what I meant ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                There I disagree            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   words vs symbols - maybe solution for Richard            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   Humans have to understand it, too            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Games are for kidz            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   headstart            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                      still comparing grass straws            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                         you said it            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                            but you did not get it            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                               good joke            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                                  yet more extrapolations/flame baits            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          BEGIN and END            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             No .. I probably should have listened to Mom ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Pascal            01/01/70 00:00      
      More than a language            01/01/70 00:00      
         some of this is language independent            01/01/70 00:00      
            I love standards            01/01/70 00:00      
               Igor recognizes this...            01/01/70 00:00      
         Answers applicable to Turbo51            01/01/70 00:00      
            don't call it IDE...            01/01/70 00:00      
               IDE vs editor            01/01/70 00:00      
                  DIY or gdb or?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     GDB?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     8051 IDE            01/01/70 00:00      
                        this one?            01/01/70 00:00      
   On T51            01/01/70 00:00      
      Some cooments            01/01/70 00:00      

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