tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post6725336512366246269..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Too Arcane?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-12052786422979893502011-03-12T21:27:46.356-05:002011-03-12T21:27:46.356-05:00Yikes! ...Those are pernicious. Especially ALTER...Yikes! ...Those are <i>pernicious.</i> Especially ALTER.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-34985643234891593382011-03-12T12:59:51.649-05:002011-03-12T12:59:51.649-05:00Fans of GO TO (or GOTO, depending on language) wou...Fans of GO TO (or GOTO, depending on language) would appreciate the <a href="http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/macxhelp/v6v81/topic/com.ibm.xlf81m.doc/pgs/lr128.htm" rel="nofollow"> GO TO (computed)</a> and the COBOL <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COBOL#Self-modifying_code" rel="nofollow"> ALTER</a> statements. Alas, the Alter statement was dropped from the COBOL standard in 1985.Loki1776https://www.blogger.com/profile/13853962658466345401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-80613931335174261072011-03-12T11:00:05.218-05:002011-03-12T11:00:05.218-05:00Well done!
JimWell done!<br /><br />JimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33570898538796850432011-03-12T09:08:13.269-05:002011-03-12T09:08:13.269-05:00Damn you, Turk, for getting up before me!Damn you, Turk, for getting up before me!Linogehttp://www.wallsofthecity.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-11466633729735270992011-03-12T08:19:36.620-05:002011-03-12T08:19:36.620-05:00GoTo-less programming language that was proposed (...GoTo-less programming language that was proposed (as a joke) a while back:<br /><br />10 A=17<br />20 B=42<br />30 A=A+B<br />40 COMEFROM 20<br />50 PRINT A<br /><br />> RUN<br />17Ed Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09332424242231481277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-35297126290580699652011-03-12T07:20:50.247-05:002011-03-12T07:20:50.247-05:00It's too basic.It's too basic.Turk Turonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648721047835980871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-28125326723061715202011-03-12T01:17:47.630-05:002011-03-12T01:17:47.630-05:00I find it humorous that some people will rail agai...I find it humorous that some people will rail against talk radio, claiming that it turns people into mindless drones following the directions of a disembodied voice coming out of an electronic device, then get into a 3000+ lb projectile, turn on a GPS and become a mindless drone following the directions of a disembodied voice coming out of an electronic device.JohnMXLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02671095673014400915noreply@blogger.com