Thoughts about Functions, Pseudocode & Natural Language

[Mark Wieder]

On 09/12/2015 02:33 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Jerry Jensen <jhj at jhj.com> wrote:
>
>> And then there’s the well-known Forth construct: ComeFrom . . .
>>
>
> That's Cobol, not Forth.
>
> Forth's own stack behavior can be psychotic, too.
>

InterCal, I believe, from the April Fools 1984 issue of the CACM.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ComeFrom

How to add two numbers in InterCal:

  DO WRITE IN .1
  DO WRITE IN .2
  DO (1) NEXT
  DO READ OUT .1
  PLEASE GIVE UP
  PLEASE STOP GIVING UP


  (1) DO COME FROM (3)
  (3) DO (2) NEXT
  (2) DO .3 <- "?'.1$.2'"~'#0$#65535'
  DO .2 <- "&'.1$.2'"~'#0$#65535'
  PLEASE .2 <- '.2$#0'~'#65535$#1'
  PLEASE DO .1 <- .3
  DO .3 <- '.2~.2'~#1
  DO .3 <- "?'.3$#1'"~#1
  PLEASE DO FORGET .3
  DO RESUME #1

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  Mark Wieder
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