[Jprogramming] @: and capped fork

[Eldon Eller]

A language you know is more useful than a language you don't 
knowregardless of its intrinsic virtues.

On 12/2/2012 9:32 AM, Joey K Tuttle wrote:
> Also, people still have nostalgic memories of BASIC, e.g.
>
> http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/books/2012/11/computer_programming_10_print_chr_205_5_rnd_1_goto_10_from_mit_press_reviewed.html 
>
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> On 2012/12/02 01:49 , Roger Hui wrote:
>> I don't think that is true, either the long or the short version.  In
>> general, knowing bad programming helps you appreciate good 
>> programming when
>> you see it; the people for whom this is not true would have trouble
>> learning good programming regardless.  IMO.
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 1:25 AM, R.E. Boss <r.e.boss at planet.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/e/edsgerdijk201164.html
>>>
>>> or, as I heard him say much shorter: "Basic ruins your life".
>>>
>>>
>>> R.E. Boss
>>>
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