From: "LiteStar numnums" <litestar@gmail.com>
To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [9fans] if you're looking for some fun,
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:36:25 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <283f5df10607181836t4aa9924fo9694fbd8440deb5@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8a8a6d72b99a049288eaebb694810074@coraid.com>
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Actually, the joke rested on the fact that Ada is dogged by complexity
complaints, much like Oberon, which actually has a Native System, unlike
Ada. I do realise that Oberon and Ada are dissimilar, especially given their
direct origins (Wirth vs. DoD). Plus, having used Oberon, Ada & RavenSpark,
I actually realise the complaints against Ada, but poking fun was all that
this was meant to do.
By the way, I would suggest you to look up FOURTH, LITHP & C-- for
languagesist jokes... =) C-omega might even be another fun lookup
Cheers,
-- Sztefan
On 7/18/06, Brantley Coile <brantley@coraid.com> wrote:
>
> > Well, Oberon Native's been around for years... =)
>
> I object to that callous remark on two grounds.
>
> The the Oberon system is the inspiration for acme, which, given this
> mailing list, gives it some sort of place of honor, and the Oberon
> language is as flexible as one can get in a small, strongly typed
> language. C might even have evolved to meet Oberon in the middle of
> the language field, if it hadn't had pointer arithmetic. That stopped
> it cold. Not only do we now require function prototypes, we can even do
> typechecking of actual parameters against the format strings of print
> functions.
>
> In any event, suggestion that Ada and Oberon are in any way related in
> an insult. Langues have feelings too. :)
>
> http://www.oberon.ethz.ch/oreport.html
>
> (Is there a category for Languageist jokes? You know, like racist
> jokes only for programming langues? ``There are three languages in a
> boat, FORTRAN, Pascal, and C. FORTRAN says ... '')
>
>
--
Lead thou me on, O Zeus, and Destiny,
To that goal long ago to me assigned.
I'll follow and not falter; if my will
Prove weak and craven, still I'll follow on.
-- Epictetus
He who enters his wife's dressing room is a philosopher or a fool. -- Balzac
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2006-07-18 19:01 [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, check out selinux Ronald G Minnich
2006-07-18 20:11 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-18 20:16 ` Ronald G Minnich
2006-07-18 20:31 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-18 23:18 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-19 0:29 ` David Leimbach
2006-07-19 0:34 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-19 1:21 ` Re: Re: [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, Brantley Coile
2006-07-19 1:36 ` LiteStar numnums [this message]
2006-07-19 2:37 ` Skip Tavakkolian
2006-07-19 4:37 ` cej
2006-07-19 15:50 ` LiteStar numnums
2006-07-18 20:21 ` [9fans] if you're looking for some fun, check out selinux jmk
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