Reply to: Bnf

[threaded]

Anyone remember RATFOR?

Oh yes, remember doing a job where it was Java going native to C and the C calling Fortran modules, but the Fortran modules were actually in Ratfor so any line numbers given for the error had to be worked through one of the intermediate compile steps to work out what it all was complaining about.

Kids today don't know they're born...

[Churchill]

I come from an Ada background and GOTOs are not allowed (although they are available in the language). They can make for a very unstructured and unreadable program with the control flow allover the shop.

Yes but surely that is the fault of the programmer , not the language.

[Gibbon]

GOTOs

I come from an Ada background and GOTOs are not allowed (although they are available in the language). They can make for a very unstructured and unreadable program with the control flow allover the shop.

[Churchill]

But that follows the same argument as to why many contractors like M$ products...

Not really a 'good' reason, all-be-it a good reason...

Ok. Valid point.

Perhaps I should've stated that "C" and "C++" have enabled me to get the required job done - effectively.

I do quite like Fortran and have "used it in anger" but "C" and "C++" have proved themselves to be very worthy tools in my repertoire.

Btw, what's wrong with "GOTO" even if it isn't calculated?

[Gibbon]

I liked JOVIAL, you had to use /devil spawn mode on/ GOTOs /devil spawn mode off/ to get out of variable loops. It always slightly rebelious using them.

[threaded]

A bad work(man/lizard).

I like 'C' and 'C++' - they've both been very good to me.

But that follows the same argument as to why many contractors like M$ products...

Not really a 'good' reason, all-be-it a good reason...

[Churchill]

Why would he apologise for FORTRAN...

I wish to feck that someone would apologise for C and especially C++...

A bad work(man/lizard).

I like 'C' and 'C++' - they've both been very good to me.

[threaded]

Why would he apologise for FORTRAN...

I wish to feck that someone would apologise for C and especially C++...

I never quite understood why he felt the need to apologise for FORTRAN either. Pretty darn good for what it does.

C was definitely a hack, IIRC they wrote a telephone system in assembler and then some suit said it had to be in a HLL so they made a bunch of macros and called it C, or somat like that, or was it that they wanted to play Asteroids on a PDP, I've probably got it mixed up with B.

[Churchill]

Well, what you've all missed I guess is that the creator of BNF, which some might say was an attempt at an apology for FORTRAN, which he also wrote, has died.

Am I bovered?

[Cowboy Bob]

I remember doing BNF in GCSE Computer Science. Looking around at the kids now I'm guessing that subject now involves the study of how to make text bold in MS Word...

[threaded]

Well, what you've all missed I guess is that the creator of BNF, which some might say was an attempt at an apology for FORTRAN, which he also wrote, has died.

[bobhope]

Ahh compiler theory 101. That takes me back a few years.

I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I've had to use BNF at work.

[The Lone Gunman]

oops.

[Churchill]

I assume you are alluding to language definition and not some obscure club?

Threaded ::= talks | always
always ::= talks
Talks ::= Bulltulip

or something like that. It has been a long time.

Another fecking code review you've failed!

[The Lone Gunman]

I assume you are alluding to language definition and not some obscure club?

Threaded ::= talks | always
always ::= talks
Talks ::= Bulltulip

or something like that. It has been a long time.