On Nov 11, 2007, at 17:26 , [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Andrew Coppin writes:
Brent Yorgey wrote:
Expressiveness certainly makes it easier, but nothing (other
than
sanity...) stops you from writing a Haskell compiler in, say,
COBOL. *I* would stop you. Friends don't let friends write in
COBOL.
That's the funniest thing I've read today. You literally just woke
my mum up by making my laugh. Thanks! :-D
I would be the last who wanted to spoil such a good joke.
But... tell me please, ANYONE, who takes part in this inspiring
exchange:
How many COBOL programs have you written in your life?
How many programs in Cobol have you actually SEEN?
I've maintained an accounting system and a material requirements
planning system written in COBOL. I've written various random things
including a Newton's Method program (because I was taking an entry
level computing-for-math course which bored me out of my skull ---
wasn't allowed to place out of it, and already knew all of it, so I
got my revenge by submitting assignments in random languages).
COBOL has its place. Compiler design is *not* it.
--
brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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