Post 9tuWEDSR0ga3BEv6pM by rafial@mastodon.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #9tuWEDSR0ga3BEv6pM by rafial@mastodon.xyz
       2020-04-10T18:07:28Z
       
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       Wait until all the folks writing tutting think pieces about the reliance on a '60 year old language' (COBOL) in production systems find out about C...
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEDo3iHsUGJ2NX6 by mdhughes@appdot.net
       2020-04-10T18:09:20Z
       
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       @rafial ? C's only 50 years old. COBOL & LISP are retirement age. But that's why I use Scheme, it's merely 45 years old!
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEEIBuFyrll8RV2 by rafial@mastodon.xyz
       2020-04-10T18:10:46Z
       
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       @mdhughes 45? The blush of youth still upon its cheeks!
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEEz5KmI9unChMG by mdhughes@appdot.net
       2020-04-10T18:12:03Z
       
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       @rafial You know what they say, "never trust a language under 30".
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEFpCD1yYWPaJaC by rafial@mastodon.xyz
       2020-04-10T18:12:52Z
       
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       @mdhughes I recently learned the Bourne shell scripting syntax is based off Algol 60.
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEGiqs6UlJ1clKi by mdhughes@appdot.net
       2020-04-10T18:13:50Z
       
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       @rafial All those if/fi, case/esac things make sense now, huh?
       
 (DIR) Post #9tuWEHglHMPwIpebiK by rafial@mastodon.xyz
       2020-04-10T18:19:11Z
       
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       @mdhughes yeah, I've been reading Kernighan's memoir, and it's just amazing how many things we take for granted came out of the hothouse of Bell Labs circa 1970: https://www.cs.princeton.edu/~bwk/memoir.html