Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!virtue!canterbury.ac.nz!phys169 From: phys169@canterbury.ac.nz Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal vs C vs REAL PROGRAMMERS! Message-ID: <1990Oct5.114353.9325@canterbury.ac.nz> Date: 5 Oct 90 00:42:49 GMT References: <51440005@hpindda.cup.hp.com> <1752@dinl.mmc.UUCP> <5039@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Organization: University of Canterbury Lines: 19 In article <5039@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, rhys@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes: > noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) writes: >>C++ is the language of choice of REAL programmers... >> Remember, if it can't be done in C++, it isn't worth doing! >>...just kidding :-) :-) :-) :-) !! > > I'll no doubt get flamed for this, but I couldn't resist :-)... > "Real programmers don't write in PASCAL, BLISS or ADA, or > any of those pinky computer science languages... REAL programmers might write in C(++), but COMPLEX programmers write in FORTRAN!! :-) INTEGER programmers write in ZX80 BASIC DOUBLE-PRECISION INTEGER programmers write in DG Business BASIC EXTENDED programmers write in Turbo Pascal And thome programmerth even write in LITHP. Mark Aitchison, Uni of Canty, New Zealand.