Re:The code that controls our money
by hackcasual on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:08PM
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If COBOL were that effective, you'd see derivatives of it in modern day usage. The COBOL misunderstanding is that the hard part of computer programming is the grammar we use.
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COBOL must be effective, since it is used to great effect in these mission critical systems.
Re:The code that controls our money
by perl4ever on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:10AM
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I never had much interest in COBOL, but I really liked Hypertalk's pseudo-english code and sometimes wish it had more influence.
I learned to program in hypertalk as a kid, and I am so glad that it never took off.
Why are you glad that it never took off? That's the opposite of what we usually hear from former Hypercard users...
Re:The code that controls our money
by perl4ever on Thursday September 09, 2021 @08:12PM
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I mean, it did take off, it just petered out after Jobs returned to Apple.
"HyperCard was created by Bill Atkinson following an LSD trip."
"HyperCard had a significant impact on the web as it inspired the creation of both HTTP (through its influence on Tim Berners-Lee's colleague Robert Cailliau), and JavaScript (whose creator, Brendan Eich, was inspired by HyperTalk)"