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From: jv@mhres.mh.nl (Johan Vromans)
Newsgroups: comp.edu
Subject: Re: first language
Message-ID: <1228@mhres.mh.nl>
Date: Sat, 22-Aug-87 11:58:11 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 22 11:58:11 1987
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In article <1016@argus.UUCP> ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) writes:
>REXX is definitely not a solve all for all language.  While one can
>define arrays, one cannot define structures.  One can design lists
>of strings if really needed, but it gets complicated and starts sounding
>like LISP.  Also the nature of the language makes compilers difficult,
>but not impossible.  But for a beginner language I would place it above
>most languages, even Ada (yes you heard that right Reggie).

Isn't that what happened to Pascal: a simple, clear language meant for
educational purposes only, and then (after being accepted) it was
heavily mal-treated to make it suitable for *ALL* purposes? 

: johan
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