Re: Programming?

["Ralph M. Deal" <deal@xxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Andy wrote:

> Since this question has produced such an interesting
> thread, when will there be a KLUG meeting on it?
> :)

I WOULD be interested in a sequence of sessions, each dedicated to a
different language with emphasis on its implementation(s) in LINUX.

Perl has been covered.
C is commonly known; BASIC is out of it; Visual Basic I don't know but
appears of interest; FORTRAN is alive in some engineering circles; LISP
lingers, according to President Bob; LOGO is fun & might be a way to get
your spouse/kids involved in your favorite sport; APL is intriguing and
might be presented as a puzzle session:  what does this rather long line
do/mean?  Only non-APL's allowed to answer.  That session might have only
one question for the whole evening.  

Has Java been tackled by KLUG? 
ML and J might be covered in the LISP evening.  Surely ADA should not be
in the series;  it would take at least a year.  

I suggest we NOT talk about real dinosaur languages such as ALGOL,
COBOL,...

Surely this proposal will be rejected as peripheral to LINUX but if LINUX
is to be a development tool, some programming is necessary and C/C++ might
not be the best way to go for a particular project.

	Ralph   deal@kzoo.edu