Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/24

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Subject: RE: [Leica] One of those annoying "Which would youchoose"posts....
From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@darkroom.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 13:05:01 -0500

You guys are all amateurs!  Anyone know APL?

;-)

- -----Original Message-----
From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Johnny
Deadman
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 12:32 PM
To: LUG
Subject: Re: [Leica] One of those annoying "Which would
youchoose"posts....


on 1/24/01 12:31 AM, Robert Appleby at robert.appleby@tin.it wrote:

> Try assembly language and see what real programming is all about.
> 
> Doug Herr
> Birdman of Sacramento
> http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/telyt
>>>>>>> 
> 
> Try machine code matey!

This IS getting ridiculous but machine code is EASY compared to --

a) translating an entire scientific subroutine library from Algol into
Fortran 77 (including recursive routines -- agh!). This was during my brief
stint as a rocket scientist (true).

b) programming a prolog compiler

yes, I was that man...


- -- 
Johnny Deadman

http://www.pinkheadedbug.com