Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: "for" loops (was Re: C++ vs. Modula
Message-ID: <1989Feb8.221806.26793@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <1611@csuna.UUCP> <7800002@gistdev> <2026@buengc.BU.EDU>
Date: Wed, 8 Feb 89 22:18:06 GMT

In article <2026@buengc.BU.EDU> bph@buengc.bu.edu (Blair P. Houghton) writes:
>	"When someone says 'I want a programming language in which I
>	need only say what I wish done,' give him a lollipop."

There are a number of such languages, actually:  English is an example.
The compilers are known as "graduate students".  Unfortunately, they tend
to be available only in Computer Science departments...
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