> At 08:53 AM 5/6/2007, Robert G. Brown wrote:
> Actually, if you really want to see a lot of traffic, you need to
> post a question like:
>
> "I know that SNOBOL is the best language for parallel programming,
> but because distro X has a lame implementation, am I really stuck
> using the brain-dead constructs of Ada, or would I be better using
> distro Y and APL, and rewriting the compiler for my needs."
So in 1984 I was teaching a programming languages class, with
assignments in Pascal, LISP, APL, and SNOBOL. The SNOBOL
image (running on TOPS-20) had been assembled in 1971 (!).
The SNOBOL assignment was to fit solution words
into a crossword puzzle using pattern matching.
One student had a solution that was actually fast as well a right.
If you held up the listing at arms length, you would swear
it was a FORTRAN program.
From which I conclude that you can write fast programs in
any language, but they come out looking like FORTRAN.
-Larry
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