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From: wainhous@kcl-cs.UUCP (Andy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Re: Languages (was Re: Acorn Compters Ltd. (was Re: shells))
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Date: 13 Feb 91 13:12:00 GMT
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In article <5102@acorn.co.uk> aoliver@acorn.co.uk (Ashley Oliver) writes:
>BASIC V, Pascal and C are for wimps!  Try a real language like BCPL! Data typing's only needed by wimps
>that put bugs in their programs [:-) 

C is, of course, derived from BCPL.
                 Hence the C --^

On the subject of languages, is there anyone out there that actually likes C++?


Andy.