On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:25 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 06/12/2014 02:24 PM, Wesley Duffee-Braun wrote: > >> "we ever develop software that can further refine its own programming" >> >> sounds like a compiler. >> >> > Not like the IBM 370 COBOL compiler I once worked on: > > "Probable user error, correct and re-submit" -- thanks a lot. > > Howard One of my teachers worked on the first compilers for NASA. He said they had errors something like "You forgot a closing parenthesis you idiot", but they made them take the last part out. Paul -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
