Thanks.

Colin McGregor colin.mc151-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
Wed Dec 15 21:58:56 UTC 2010


On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:11 PM, William Park <opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> I was planning to attend, but encountered unexpected problem while
> studying for final exam. :-(
>
> So, which language did you decide to use?

For what task? One point that was made clear last evening was the
different areas each language was strong and weak in. For example
LISP's strength in doing artificial intelligence work was clearly
noted, as was Erlang's ability to produce programs that could be
upgraded while the program was running (Erlang having been developed
by telephone switch builder Ericsson).

Colin.

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> William
>
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 03:33:06PM -0500, Colin McGregor wrote:
>> I just wanted to publicly thank everyone who spoke or moderated at
>> last evening's language smackdown. It was interesting and I hope
>> something like this is done again late next year.
>>
>> Something that sort of relates is this list of programming related quotes:
>>
>> http://www.junauza.com/2010/12/top-50-programming-quotes-of-all-time.html
>>
>> My favorite three are:
>>
>> "Talk is cheap. Show me the code."
>> - Linus Torvalds
>>
>> "On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament]: 'Pray,
>> Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right
>> answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of
>> confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
>> - Charles Babbage
>>
>> "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a
>> violent psychopath who knows where you live."
>> - Martin Golding
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