From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Wed, 5 Nov 2025 16:27:29 -0700, Don Y    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 11/5/2025 4:19 PM, Don Y wrote:   
   >> I also see lots of "courses" devoted to different programming languages.   
   >> I had to learn whatever language THIS professor chose for his class   
   >> while learning the material *in* the class (why the big deal over   
   >> different languages???)   
   >   
   >E.g., I might be writing code in LISP in a 10AM class, PL/1 at 11A,   
   >Algol 68 after lunch and RATFOR after that.  The classes for the next   
   >year might use C, SNOBOL and ML.   
   >   
   >No one complained about this as being an excessive burden;   
   >they're all just programming languages, right?  Different syntax...   
      
   One estimate is that there are 9000 programming languages.   
      
   Study faster!   
      
      
   John Larkin   
   Highland Tech Glen Canyon Design Center   
   Lunatic Fringe Electronics   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)