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From: tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET (Tom Neff)
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Subject: Mighty Fortran II (was Re: PL/I and Reserved Words)
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Date: 19 Oct 89 15:40:09 GMT
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In article <4560@bd.sei.cmu.edu> firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth) writes:
>Finally, one can always avoid enhancing languages.  (And yes, I too
>prefer Fortran II to any of its descendents.)

Amen to this.  Real men use arithmetic IF's!  And real systems
programmers invoke machine language subprograms by initializing
a COMMON block and CALLing it...

Neff's Theorem: Advanced interactive graphic windowing user friendly
interfaces will never be complete until the user, at his fancy
workstation, is able to submit a DECK at the OPERATOR WINDOW and wait
for his PRINTOUT on a nearby SHELF!
-- 
Machines will never think, for "thought"   ?!     Tom Neff
will be redefined, as often as needed,      !?    tneff@bfmny0.UU.NET
as that which a machine cannot do.           ?!   ...uunet!bfmny0!tneff