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Offline Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits)

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Programming languages
« on: June 05, 2012, 04:38:37 PM »
"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." 

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Re: Programming languages
« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2012, 05:17:35 PM »
Ah, COBOL  cloud9:

Used it in various forms for 20 years.

PS Word treats that doc as a potential threat!

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Re: Programming languages
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2012, 05:28:22 PM »
Don't know why that should be - it's a doc I authored using an app on the iPad!

Try this link:    www.beetlehook.com/Programming.pdf

-   thinking about it, Word thinks it's a threat 'cos it came from an Apple machine!   :-)
« Last Edit: June 05, 2012, 05:30:41 PM by Marley's Ghost (Imbiber of Spirits) »
"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end." 

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Re: Programming languages
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2012, 05:30:42 PM »
Doesn't say why, but wants to send a report to Microsoft.

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Re: Programming languages
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2012, 05:31:41 PM »
Let it! It'll be poke in the eye for 'em.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Programming languages
« Reply #5 on: June 05, 2012, 11:39:46 PM »
Pascal sounds about right, I remember being taught that in college as it was meant to be close to English syntax before they moved us onto COBOL.  rubschin:

Before you say anything Tel that logic didn't make any sense to us at the time either.  lol:
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