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cliffelam  ·  4319 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Programming Languages are Like Women

Are you sure that doesn't predate 1997? Were people still talking about Logo and PL/1 back then? Bonus points for APL mentions.

I loved this: "LISP - She is an aging beatnik, who lives in a rural commune with her hippie cousins SMALLTALK and FORTH. " Perfect.

Of course mailing something like that around now would be worth your job.

-XC





user-inactivated  ·  4319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The DoD mandate for Ada ended in early 1997, and an entry that it was going to was in the comp.lang.ada FAQ in mid 1996, so assuming the "You gotta love her though, because the army says so" joke was at all timely, it had to be at most early 1996.

And, indeed, it was posted in rec.humor.funny in 1991.

joelg236  ·  4319 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I checked using JavaScript:lastMadified() or whatever the notation is. No idea if that's when it was written.