BNF description:

        Program ::= "Just do it." :-)

Leslie Turriff
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I prefer DWIN - Do What I Need. Because I may not know what I need and so may 
not say what I need to say.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List 
> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:56 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> Subject: Re: SLightly O/T Perl
> 
> The DWIM language - Do What I Meant!
> 
> BTW, no need for messages! 
> 
> <snip>
> What we need is a language that dynamically adapts to the programmer.
> A
> compiler for this language could recognize not only valid 
> syntax in the
> language, but also detect unskilled programmers and 
> automatically limit
> their access to some (or all ;-) features.  Using advanced heuristics,
> in
> some cases the compiler would just write messages like:
> 
> "Sorry, you are an idiot. Compilation aborted."
> </snip>
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