Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 18:45:43 -0700 (MST) From: Brian Handy <handy@lambic.physics.montana.edu> To: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@zippy.cdrom.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Fortran in the base system (was Re: sysinstall) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812161843490.1860-100000@lambic.physics.montana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199812170147.RAA84133@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>
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Somebody said something about the significance of FORTRAN that reminded me of this little snippet I've been saving for years, apparently just for this occasion. :-) The following comes from a posting to comp.lang.fortran dated 13 Jan 1996, by Ralph Frisbie: "I have seen many fancy languages come, flash, and go. Each seems to leave some value, to make some real progress in design or engineering. And then each fades from overwhelming popularity to some lower level of use. So, I have formulated Frisbie's lemma: "The world's last _____(fill in here the name of your favorite post- 1960 language)_____ programmer will be driven to his grave in a hearse designed by Fortran over bridges and freeways designed by Fortran, and his grave diggers will get their checks printed by COBOL....." -- Dr. Brian Handy Mail: handy@physics.montana.edu Department of Physics Phone: (406) 994-6317 Montana State University Fax: (406) 994-4452 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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