Quote #127
"I view the landslide of C use in education as something of a calamity."
-- N. Wirth, 1993
Was soll man sonst auch von ihm erwarten?
"I view the landslide of C use in education as something of a calamity."
-- N. Wirth, 1993
Was soll man sonst auch von ihm erwarten?
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LOAD "EMACS",8,1
-- -- dack@este.darmstadt.gmd.de (Sven C.
Dack) Bei ihm selbst gesehen... - C is a Wirth-less
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LOAD "vmunix",8,1
-- dack@este.darmstadt.gmd.de (Sven C.
Dack) -- (aus der sig von From: krk@informatik... - Pascal n.
An Algol-descended language designed by
Niklaus Wirth on the CDC 6600 around 1967-68 as an instructional
tool for elementary programming.
This language, designed primarily to keep students... - Copyright (c) 1993 All rights
reserved.... - Copyright (c) 1993 Knights of Christianity United in
Faith... - Wasn't there something about a PASCAL
programmer knowing
the value of everything and the Wirth of nothing... - bucky bits /buh'kee bits/ n.
1. obs. The bits produced by
the CONTROL and META shift keys on a SAIL keyboard (octal 200 and
400 respectively),
resulting in a 9-bit keyboard character set. The...
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