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- From: ram@mbisgi.umd.edu (Ram Samudrala)
- Newsgroups: comp.infosystems.www.misc,comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Perl vs. C (was Re: Unix or NT? Get a Mac!)
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- Date: 4 Jan 1996 22:30:15 GMT
- Organization: The Centre for Advanced Research in Biotechnology
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- Paul Phillips (paulp@nic.cerf.net) wrote:
-
- >ANY from the last regional competition. You are arguing something
- >so bizarre that I cannot participate; it's like trying to argue with
- >a Jesus freak. It came up when discussing the rules, someone asked
- >if he could use Perl, AND EVERYBODY LAUGHED. BECAUSE IT WAS FUNNY.
-
- Duh. If you are implying that since EVERYBODY found it funny it means
- that Perl would make it far too easy, then I think you have serious
- problems with thinking logically. I'd have laughed too, if someone
- had asked that, and probably for exactly the opposite reason.
-
- To everyone: I am not interested in implementing these programs
- either, and I advice you to not to (unless you're in the "contest"
- mood), but I'd like you to read the problems (these are the 95 finals)
- and let me know whether Perl will do better than Pascal or C. The URL
- is
-
- gopher://ACM.ORG:70/00%5Bthe_files.programming_contest.contest_finals.problem_sets%5D95problems.txt
-
- Now, I need to sleep.
-
- --Ram
-
- me@ram.org || http://www.ram.org || http://www.twisted-helices.com/th
- Then the door was open and the wind appeared.
- The candles blew then disappeared.
- The curtains flew, then he appeared, saying don't be afraid,
- come on baby... don't fear the reaper. ---Blue Oyster Cult
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