andree@uokvax.UUCP (12/02/83)
#R:decwrl:-430100:uokvax:9000006:000:849 uokvax!andree Nov 30 17:57:00 1983 /***** uokvax:net.lang / decwrl!baskett / 9:42 am Nov 27, 1983 */ While Fortran and Cobol and Basic may have had their day, I suspect that the most popular "programming language", both in terms of number of "programs" and in terms of number of "lines" of code, is Visi-calc (or Multi-plan or *-calc or *-plan). While most of us may be willing to admit that the days of the "glass teletype" are over, we may not have really recognized the consequences of that change. /* ---------- */ I agree with your sentiment, but not your conclusion. If I had to choose such a package, I'd pick on dBase II. Of course, all this brings up the question `What is a programming language?' Before I start spouting what I think of the answer, would someone who may or may not have seen this on the net before tell us the conclusion(s) reached last time. <mike
robison@eosp1.UUCP (12/05/83)
Despite the recent surge of interest in computers these last 40 years, the most popular programming language (well actually, it's probably a family of languages) is the language used to describe knitting patterns for sweaters and such. If you pick up any knitting magazine and look at a set of fancy knitting instructions, you will see lots of concise operators, subfunctions, and functions called with parameters. The number of people who can program in this language far outnumbers anything to do with computers. - Keremath, care of: Robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1 or: allegra!eosp1