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Now, unification (and matching in general) I get. That's magic on a level my mind can accept. Also: I envy you your starting at 5 or 6. My parents unfortunat
by Vivtek 17y ago
Now, unification (and matching in general) I get. That's magic on a level my mind can accept.
Also: I envy you your starting at 5 or 6. My parents unfortunately couldn't afford the PDP-11 that would have required in my case.
- silentbicycle 17y agoI had a Commodore-64 and a library card. I was born in '82, though. Anyway, my point was that Dijkstra's just being a grouchypants when he says that BASIC permanently ruins people's minds for programming. Not even C++ could do that.
- eru 17y agoYes. And at least BASIC doesn't give you the illusion of a "powerful language".