Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-03 Thread ToddAndMargo
On 07/03/2015 06:44 PM, Jeffrey Anderson wrote: That's how it came through, which is rather odd, since I love perl very much and find it quite beautiful and elegant. Now with the both of you loving Perl, I am going to have to learn it. I don't mind using four line to do what can be crammed tog

Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-03 Thread Jeffrey Anderson
Sorry, but was this meant as a reply to my comment? That's how it came through, which is rather odd, since I love perl very much and find it quite beautiful and elegant. On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 9:13 PM, Konstantin Olchanski wrote: > > > > ... [I hate] Perl [due to] folks trying to ... > > > > An

Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-03 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
> > ... [I hate] Perl [due to] folks trying to ... > And I hate cars because some people drive too slow (too fast). If you step into a flame war, at least bring dry powder, will you? A feature of perl is "write only" regular expressions. A feature of python is "significant white space" (learned

Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-01 Thread Jeffrey Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:33 PM > To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov > Subject: Re: Modula 2? > > On 07/01/2015 03:23 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > > On 01/07/15 04:25, toddandmargo wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Tue, 30 Jun

RE: Modula 2?

2015-07-01 Thread Carl Friedberg
Wednesday, July 01, 2015 12:33 PM To: scientific-linux-users@fnal.gov Subject: Re: Modula 2? On 07/01/2015 03:23 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 01/07/15 04:25, toddandmargo wrote: >> >> >> On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:41:41 -0700 *Konstantin Olchanski >> * wrote

Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-01 Thread ToddAndMargo
and 7? > pascal -> modula-2 -> oberon -> java -> go Maybe I should just give up and learn Perl These days Python and Perl are pretty safe languages which usually is part of most basic Linux installations. If you extend it to the BSD family, Perl is safest. However Python most

Re: Modula 2?

2015-07-01 Thread David Sommerseth
On 01/07/15 04:25, toddandmargo wrote: > > > On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:41:41 -0700 *Konstantin Olchanski > * wrote > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:59:29PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > > > Is Modula2 available for SL 6 and 7? > > &

Re: Re: Modula 2?

2015-06-30 Thread toddandmargo
On Tue, 30 Jun 2015 14:41:41 -0700 Konstantin Olchanski <olcha...@triumf.ca> wrote On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:59:29PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Is Modula2 available for SL 6 and 7? > pascal -> modula-2 -> oberon -> java -> go -- Konstantin

Re: Modula 2?

2015-06-30 Thread Konstantin Olchanski
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 06:59:29PM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > > Is Modula2 available for SL 6 and 7? > pascal -> modula-2 -> oberon -> java -> go -- Konstantin Olchanski Data Acquisition Systems: The Bytes Must Flow! Email: olchansk-at-triumf-dot-ca Snail mail: 4004

Re: Modula 2?

2015-06-30 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
Modula-2 is a pretty 'dead' language. The GNU compiler tool looks to be one of the most up to date from what a google search seems to sya. On 29 June 2015 at 19:59, ToddAndMargo wrote: > Hi All, > > Is Modula2 available for SL 6 and 7? > > Found this: > http://www

Modula 2?

2015-06-29 Thread ToddAndMargo
Hi All, Is Modula2 available for SL 6 and 7? Found this: http://www.nongnu.org/gm2/release.html Is there something better? Many thanks, -T