phys169@canterbury.ac.nz (10/05/90)
In article <5039@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, rhys@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes: > noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) writes: >>C++ is the language of choice of REAL programmers... >> Remember, if it can't be done in C++, it isn't worth doing! >>...just kidding :-) :-) :-) :-) !! > > I'll no doubt get flamed for this, but I couldn't resist :-)... > "Real programmers don't write in PASCAL, BLISS or ADA, or > any of those pinky computer science languages... REAL programmers might write in C(++), but COMPLEX programmers write in FORTRAN!! :-) INTEGER programmers write in ZX80 BASIC DOUBLE-PRECISION INTEGER programmers write in DG Business BASIC EXTENDED programmers write in Turbo Pascal And thome programmerth even write in LITHP. Mark Aitchison, Uni of Canty, New Zealand.
cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) (10/05/90)
In article <1990Oct5.114353.9325@canterbury.ac.nz| phys169@canterbury.ac.nz writes: |In article <5039@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, rhys@batserver.cs.uq.oz.au (Rhys Weatherley) writes: |> noren@dinl.uucp (Charles Noren) writes: |>>C++ is the language of choice of REAL programmers... |>> Remember, if it can't be done in C++, it isn't worth doing! |>>...just kidding :-) :-) :-) :-) !! |> |> I'll no doubt get flamed for this, but I couldn't resist :-)... |> "Real programmers don't write in PASCAL, BLISS or ADA, or |> any of those pinky computer science languages... | |REAL programmers might write in C(++), but COMPLEX programmers write in |FORTRAN!! :-) REAL programmers may write in C(++) but they think in assembly! -- Dennis Lou | dlou@ucsd.edu | "But Yossarian, what if everyone thought that way?" [backbone]!ucsd!dlou | "Then I'd be crazy to think any other way!"
rmarks@KSP.Unisys.COM (Richard Marks) (10/05/90)
In article <12988@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> cs161fhn@sdcc10.ucsd.edu (Dennis Lou) writes: >REAL programmers may write in C(++) but they think in assembly! Assembly ? We use Hex around here. 0x52656761726473 0x52696368617264 0x4d61726b73
roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (10/06/90)
phys169@canterbury.ac.nz writes: > INTEGER programmers write in ZX80 BASIC I remember that! "The square root of 4 is 2." "The square root of 5 is between 2 and 3." (output from the ZX80 square root program in the "programmer's guide") I sent mine back after the 7-day trial. ;-) -- Roy M. Silvernail |+| roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu |+| #define opinions ALL_MINE; main(){float x=1;x=x/50;printf("It's only $%.2f, but it's my $%.2f!\n",x,x);} "This is cyberspace." -- Peter da Silva :--: "...and I like it here!" -- me