9 Nov
2006
9 Nov
'06
9:15 a.m.
On 9 Nov 2006 at 11:54, Dave McGuire wrote:
On Nov 8, 2006, at 6:04 PM, Brad Parker wrote:
> I'm sure we could go on and on, but if you are interested in a
> different
> approach, go look at lisp, scheme, ruby and python. Once you master
> lisp/scheme (and to some extent, python and ruby), I think you may see
> the "glorified PDP-11 assember" comment in a different light.
...and the same goes for other general-purpose languages after you've
used a few special-purpose ones, such as Simscript, GPSS or Prolog.
After getting your mind around the way these *don't* work, the
standard languages look remarkably similar to one another.
Cheers,
Chuck