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From: Jeff.Petkau@f90.n140.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jeff Petkau)
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Subject: Re: Functional Programming (Re: Good programmers and assembly language)
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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 91 16:59:00 CST
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In a message dated 10 Apr 91 19:52:41, Dennis Heffernan wrote:

 DH> Don't care how many lines it takes.  If there was a language
 DH> with the power of C or assembler and the readability of Cobol, I'd
 DH> marry it. 

Easy.  Just use any C compiler, and include the file below into each of your C source files.

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#define PLEASE
#define please

#define ADDED_TO +
#define WITH_THE_FOLLOWING_AMOUNT_SUBTRACTED -
#define PLUS_1_THATS_ONE_I_MEAN ++
#define WITH_ONE_THATS_1_I_MEAN_SUBRACTED --
#define DIVIDED_BY /
#define MULTIPLIED_BY *

#define BUT_THAT_WAS_JUST_A_POINTER_TO_A_STRUCTURE_WHAT_I_REALLY_WANT_IS_THE_STRUCTURE_MEMBER_NAMED ->
#define BUT_THAT_WAS_JUST_A_POINTER_WHAT_I_REALLY_WANT_IS_THE_OBJECT *
#define BUT_THAT_WAS_JUST_A_STRUCTURE_WHAT_I_REALLY_WANT_IS_THE_MEMBER_NAMED .
#define BUT_THAT_WAS_AN_ARRAY_NAME_I_WANTED_ELEMENT_NUMBER [
#define OKAY_I_GOT_THE_ELEMENT_NOW ]
#define I_THINK_I_WOULD_LIKE_TO_START_A_BLOCK_NOW {
#define I_THINK_I_WOULD_LIKE_TO_END_A_BLOCK_NOW_PLEASE }
#define PUT_A_LEFT_PAREN_HERE (
#define PUT_A_RIGHT_PAREN_HERE )
#define BEGIN_PROGRAM_SECTION int main(argc,argv) int argc; char **argv;

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