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  From: Richard Sharpe <sharpe@ns.aus.com>
  To  : Daryl Tester <Daryl.Tester@iocane.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 16:20:12 +0900

Re: Algol just plain bad (Re: Why use DocBook versus Word)

At 03:47 PM 4/26/01 +0930, Daryl Tester wrote:
>"Richard Sharpe" <sharpe@ns.aus.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh come now! Algol gave rise to Simula 67, which had class!
>
>Groan!

Well, given all the hype about OO these days, it is interesting to note
that a language from '67 had strong OO concepts already ...

I have fond memories of writing 'Doctor' (Can't remember its real name) in
Simula 67 at Uni.

>> Did anyone notice on the Matrix where Neo picked a book off his shelf to
>> take out some sort of recorded info to give to some guy at the door, the
>> book was something like 'Programming in Simula' ...
>
>Close - from memory, it was "Simulacra and Simulation", and the chapter
>had something to do with nihilism (not that I've ever watched The Matrix
>or anything).

Hmmm, not that I have watched it either :-), but in my dream, it was Simula
and Simulation ... I could not catch the chapter entry, but it was more
likely to do with nil ...

>Regards,
>  Daryl Tester
>
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Regards
-------
Richard Sharpe, sharpe@ns.aus.com
Samba (Team member, www.samba.org), Ethereal (Team member, www.ethereal.com)
Contributing author, SAMS Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours
Author, Special Edition, Using Samba


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