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From: eugene@pioneer.arpa (Eugene N. Miya)
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Subject: Re: Language illiteracy
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Date: 30 Apr 88 05:19:35 GMT
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Jeff makes some real points.  The joke is really on those who say different
languages are good for different things and then make artificial distinctions
between C and Fortran (I write some "scientific numeric codes" in C).  These
languages are quite similar (these people typically have not used LISP,
Prolog, APL, FP, SNOBOL, etc.)  A better example is to ask some one to
write text editors or text edit using Fortran (and a lesser extent C).
[Groddy] You would certainly rather use an editor (a tool for the job).
The problem is that people (myself when I was younger) don't see editing
as a language, drawing as a language, mouse movements as a language (now I see).

Another gross generalization from

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