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Re: Programming?

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Subject: Re: Programming?
From: "Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 1999 09:03:07 -0500
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>>>Nice to have a discussion of arcane languages arise from a discussion of
>>>preferable beginning computer languages!
>>Arcane?
>According to Websters:
>Main Entry: ar·cane
>Pronunciation: är-'kAn
>Function: adjective
>Etymology: Latin arcanus
>Date: 1547
> : known or knowable only to the initiate 
> : SECRET <the arcane rites of a mystery cult>; broadly 
> : MYSTERIOUS, OBSCURE <the technical consultant's arcane explanations>
Ah, I see...like "Undocumented Secrets of Windows NT 4.0"....

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