11 Nov
2007
11 Nov
'07
5:26 p.m.
Andrew Coppin writes:
Brent Yorgey wrote:
Expressiveness certainly makes it easier, but nothing (other than sanity...) stops you from writing a Haskell compiler in, say, COBOL.
*I* would stop you. Friends don't let friends write in COBOL.
That's the funniest thing I've read today. You literally just woke my mum up by making my laugh. Thanks! :-D
I would be the last who wanted to spoil such a good joke. But... tell me please, ANYONE, who takes part in this inspiring exchange: How many COBOL programs have you written in your life? How many programs in Cobol have you actually SEEN? Jerzy Karczmarczuk