On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:18 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg  wrote:
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> On 2008-Jun-25, at 18:15 , bofh wrote:

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>  Apparently not to be touched with a 10' pole.

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> Like COBOL, the language that invented almost all of the paradigms

> popularized by C.

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> Read some history -- it's enlightening ;-)

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Even better, I read the rants of someone who had to work with it.  Of

course, he could be doing reverse psychology and trying to scare people away

from the field so that he can be the only highly paid conslutant left.  I

don't think that's the case though, because the pain shone through his

rants...
--

http://www.glumbert.com/media/shift

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk

"This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curiosity." --

Sandhurst officer cadet evaluation.

"Securing an environment of Windows platforms from abuse - external or

internal - is akin to trying to install sprinklers in a fireworks factory

where smoking on the job is permitted." -- Gene Spafford

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