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To: mairdie
I used to head the professional society for computer language design.

Been known to do a little coding. Always wondered who to complain to. :)

744 posted on 12/23/2018 2:40:27 PM PST by amorphous
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To: amorphous

>>Been known to do a little coding. Always wondered who to complain to. :)

The profusion of programming languages was called The Tower of Babel because EVERYONE who coded believed they could design a better one, and tried. When we went into the contest to design the Department of Defense common language, the services were allowed to have 2 additional languages besides the new one. The Army had only one - TACPOL, because it was the only language in the army used in TWO computer programs. Everything else was coded in different languages. Thus, the tower of babel.


753 posted on 12/23/2018 3:09:54 PM PST by mairdie (Christmas music videos - http://www.iment.com/maida/tv/songvids/xmassong.htm)
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