Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/18

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Subject: [Leica] Re: New Images - well not so new [way OT geek detour]
From: jbm at jbm.org (Jeff Moore)
Date: Tue May 18 11:02:52 2004
References: <40A9FB30.7010003@summaventures.com> <2147483647.1084865808@hindolveston.reid.org>

2004-05-18-10:36:48 Brian Reid:
> The philosophical key to this question is here:
> 
> http://haddockseyes.com/

Ah, all the most useful concepts related to the use of variables in
programming languages right there.  I betcha it's one of Larry Wall's
favorite passages.

Brings to mind the famous Niklaus Wirth quip...

  http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?NiklausWirth

Gosh, I hope Kids Today who are learning programming also learn a
decent amount about their subculture's heritage.

In reply to: Message from pdzwig at summaventures.com (Peter Dzwig) ([Leica] New Images - well not so new)
Message from reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us (Brian Reid) ([Leica] Re: New Images - well not so new)