[rescue] I'm bAAAaack.

[Ken Hansen]

Niklas Wirth designed Pascal and Modula (?) - I *think* he was involved in
Oberon as well, but I can't "speak with authority".

Ken
(The *other* Hansen ;^)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Hansen" <bigmike at gmx.co.uk>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 3:23 PM
Subject: [rescue] I'm bAAAaack.


> Ok, I'm back. Thanks to all those who sent me messages encouraging me
> to resubscribe. I'll try not to "speak with authority on topics (I)
> don't understand" as some ESR text put it.
>
> I don't want to bring up the P word again, but I would like to say
> that I think Dave's arguments are valid. I found a copy of K&R 2 over
> the weekend - I think I should give C another try. I hope I am not already
> permanently brain-damaged.
>
> I read an interesting rant by an Oberon zealot who seems to say alot of
the
> same things about C and C++ that have been said about a certain other
> language. Sill, that might be taking things just a bit too far. Besides,
> wasn't Oberon designed by the same guy who brought us PASCAL?
>
> -Mike Hansen
>
> --
> "Real users hate real programmers."
> (fortune)
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