[981] in java-interest
Re: overloading of operators
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Spero)
Wed Aug 16 04:23:08 1995
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 21:57:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Thomas Ball <Thomas.Ball@Eng.Sun.COM>
Cc: Tako.Schotanus@bouw.tno.nl, java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <9508151551.AA27818@alapa.Eng.Sun.COM>
On Tue, 15 Aug 1995, Thomas Ball wrote:
> class. If you want to write write-only code, use Forth (*that* statement
> should start a religious war :-).
[way off topic]
No way is forth the most WORN language (Write Once, Read Never). INTERCAL
is without doubt the worst, but then it was specifically designed for the
purpose (INTERCAL, which stands for Language with No Pronounceable
Acronymn has several wonderful features, including a counterpart to the
goto statement- COME FROM <lineno>; when control reaches the mentioned
line, it branches to the line after the come-from.)
The worst WORN useful language is definitely APL, where you can do
*anything* in one line, but no matter how long the program, if you want
to change it, you're better off starting over. (scary thought for today -
APL with operator overloading).
Simon
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