From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 31315 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2022 01:05:31 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Jan 2022 01:05:31 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id A251B9D03E; Sun, 2 Jan 2022 11:05:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B1999CF06; Sun, 2 Jan 2022 11:05:14 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com header.i=@ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com header.b="UDpe6B8t"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id F18809CF06; Sun, 2 Jan 2022 11:05:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-wr1-f47.google.com (mail-wr1-f47.google.com [209.85.221.47]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AE06A9CE58 for ; Sun, 2 Jan 2022 11:05:10 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-wr1-f47.google.com with SMTP id w20so53716199wra.9 for ; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:05:10 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccil-org.20210112.gappssmtp.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=z/vZ5zjOgwWe5kH/qd8ukb4Fy1r87r/SpJ69RAk3eW4=; b=UDpe6B8tbQy8g12Td4FBrUyrQTkXMnYfjuDYBHoHLFYmsZA6hTF61CHuGEHx/nqv+Y Y6sanixFGfeOeSZL/zEqv5bcah2eFCd/baRuy+8RlCdJj6/Py7mCeukugPSETjRqRbMw 2Wcs+FRIKhy2eefZwngzehvECytdTFn6myf060YsRnWKwxGlBG1ESuU/Q3MBbqyFm2iF 8nZhZf+MRValuTtGSuS0ak+FwX8MJInkyUlhaOOXymjL4SxHm3KC+Yhewo0im/w8Mssn knfXpbHqEu4HlYfowGc7UFG+0FrN3nGdWAHsItKcoyU2M4Y4pyO633AVpRil41AzR1OI x4Ww== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=z/vZ5zjOgwWe5kH/qd8ukb4Fy1r87r/SpJ69RAk3eW4=; b=eqs6ahwoMt5qIJJPCwLLEnLvQe72mIR5cQMo9dZg/UbBKdrcqeIoa78KguFBjtYlDx 4Q6rMhXoi5hC6JjnJZUyf9VkG0wWMAV0ipqBgcl74QSo2Fig55Q9GKixr2LMx/D77prf ggS1vQ5xAkmb24yaaLOfjp4yktsnExMQbukfWQK3IDj6q8rDODzkt1HP3CKEPc7QVgYZ WtgzwLY2/IQzikd6lk1rp2R/Fe2syo4oCeSOebD5zZMrXsSlM/HDJOhiKBe3zlFKcUTx 2h7VqcKZR0pmnh/SSHjrByB+738Wz+tNhD3fzhjtz53dCGobaoE5SHTQ+LHldPeytz6M qjWQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM5327PJXMyhW0zU4ALuTlSEj06ZVeNgxsFIDb/r1hF70yzKo2CDQJ vH0QnwVYUoAg8FOi4lxZrv0nt2be+Cc2CxGeM87t2IwpgMNRYg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwvkLp/3jzul7j+27V3wiNXD+ypN/6udBGuELRaPKvFSqn0o/uEHBNQm56HpfUJYzmyxcFzRC7d3nYnz9kaBF8= X-Received: by 2002:a5d:42c8:: with SMTP id t8mr34400593wrr.369.1641085509182; Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:05:09 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20211231234039.GU31637@mcvoy.com> <202201012000.201K0Fd31610896@darkstar.fourwinds.com> <20220102001244.GF10078@mcvoy.com> In-Reply-To: <20220102001244.GF10078@mcvoy.com> From: John Cowan Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 20:04:58 -0500 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000d238a705d48efea8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] roff(7) [ and other related stuff ] X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: TUHS main list Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --000000000000d238a705d48efea8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Sat, Jan 1, 2022 at 7:13 PM Larry McVoy wrote: > My big complaint with stuff like Rust, or even Go (sorry Rob), is that they > picked a different syntax. Why not just use C syntax and extend it to do > what you want? Why must every project redo everything. > Why use C syntax? What was wrong with Fortran, Lisp, or Cobol syntax, extended to do what you wanted? --000000000000d238a705d48efea8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --000000000000d238a705d48efea8--