Re: Wild computer language names

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From: mnee... Matthias Ulrich Neerache...
Date: Thu, 04 Oct 1990 18:40

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In article <15...@bfmny0.BFM.COM> tn...@bfmny0.BFM.COM (Tom Neff) writes:
>Well then, here's a likely topic for discussion:
>
>What was the funniest and/or most memorable computer language NAME you
>ever ran into?  No, 'c89' is ineligible, that would be too easy.  :-)

Of course, there is also MUMPS. Don't know what this stands for, but the
language indeed looks sick.

Matthias

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Matthias Neeracher                                   mnee...@iiic.ethz.ch
   "These days, though, you have to be pretty technical before you can 
    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_

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Subject: Re: Wild computer language names
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