It's just a cover so if the program doesn't give up, remember, forget,
or retrieve something you asked it to, the creators can say that, even
though you asked nicely, it didn't want to and therefore won't.

;-)

-Adam

Sean Breheny wrote:
>
> Hi Imre,
>
> I like how polite this language is :-) There are imperative languages,
> functional languages, object-oriented languages, but I think this is the
> first "ask-politely" language that I have seen!
>
> Sean
>
> At 08:07 AM 12/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I must disagree due to intended languages as COBOL or FORTRAN. They are
> >absolutely inappropriate for that project. I would suggest INTERCAL, as a
> >superior language for that choice. As illustration, I insert here a small
> >random number generator taken from the Intercal distribution package.
> >
> >        DO (1900) NEXT
> >        DO READ OUT .1
> >        PLEASE GIVE UP
> >(1900)  DO STASH .2 + .3
> >        DO .3 <- #65535
> >        DO (1903) NEXT
> >(1903)  PLEASE FORGET #1
> >        DO .2 <- #0
> >        PLEASE %50 IGNORE .2
> >        DO .2 <- #1
> >        PLEASE REMEMBER .2
> >        DO .1 <- !1$.2'~"#65535$#1"
> >        DO .3 <- .3~#65534
> >        DO (1902) NEXT
> >        DO (1903) NEXT
> >(1902)  DO (1904) NEXT
> >        DO RETRIEVE .2 + .3
> >        DO FORGET #1
> >        PLEASE RESUME #1
> >(1904)  PLEASE RESUME '?"!3~.3'~#1"$#1'~#3
> >
> >As one can see, it gives the most clearest structure and such way due to
> >the very short project deadline this is the once tool you can use.
> >
> >And a remark: there is no Intercal compiler for PIC, though. But it is
> >absolutely no problem, as Intercal produces C output and the compilation
> >can be done by the (almost) free compiler of HiTech or whatever you
> >choose.
> >
> >Regards and merry Xmas:
> >
> >Imre
> >
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