17 Feb
2015
17 Feb
'15
2:18 p.m.
On Tue, 17 Feb 2015, Ethan Dicks wrote:
a FORTRAN course my first quarter at University (my
one and only!) and
I did learn FORTRAN before C, but I don't think I was irreparably
damaged by my early efforts.
Djikstra said that users of BASIC are mentally mutilated beyond hope of
redemption.
He siad that use of COBOL cripples the mind; teaching it should be
regarded as a criminal offense.
Somebody else, WHO???, said that FORTRAN was more portable than syphilis.