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This has to be the best line - It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while not wearing a blue tie.
by vvnraman 15y ago
This has to be the best line - It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while not wearing a blue tie.
- tintin 15y ago"1965 - Kemeny and Kurtz go to 1964." gave me a big smile...
- edanm 15y agoI didn't get that one, actually. Am I just being dumb or is there a backstory?
- riffraff 15y agoreference to GOTO in basic
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- buff-a 15y ago10 PRINT "<rude message here>" 20 GOTO 10 They used to sell computers in stores that you could walk up to and program. BASIC was the command prompt for some computers. The above was the inevitable result.
- kstenerud 15y agoMy favorite trick was to poke values into the sound registers, THEN goto!
- shasta 15y agoIt's just a humorous way of saying they were stuck in the past (probably because they didn't integrate other language advances into basic).
- mjwalshe 15y agoshould that not be "It is a syntax error to write FORTRAN while not wearing a Lab coat" CFD Programmers would of course add Wellies.
- T-hawk 15y agoLegend has it that Casual Friday in that golden age of IBM meant that you could work that day with your suit jacket unbuttoned. Since we're all tossing out our favorite lines, I'll nominate the Prolog entry. I know nothing about Prolog but it still gives me a laugh on every read. His goal is to create a language with the intelligence of a two year old. He proves he has reached his goal by showing a Prolog session that says "No." to every query.