Call for comments: Rev as a Second Language

[Dave]

On 27 Jan 2009, at 20:38, François Chaplais wrote:

>
> Le 26 janv. 09 à 22:58, Judy Perry a écrit :
>
>> This could be really nice as a set of bookends, that is, a  
>> companion piece
>> on new users who have never used anything else and Rev is their first
>> language (probably not as many of those people, though).
>> I'm loving your idea, though!
>>
>
> since this is easy, here are a few languages I have learned (and  
> forgotten)
> 1) Fortran WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO A COMPUTER as part of my  
> engineering cursus (at that time, I did not even understand what a  
> computer was) that was in '79

lol, we used to have to punch out cards, take then to the computer  
room and (usually) get a core dump the next day because there was a  
missing "," or something!

> 2) Basic on my Sinclair ZX81 (which made me understand a bit about  
> fortran)

I'd forgotten the ZX81!

> 3) assembly language on my Apple II (writing a Forth compiler for  
> the fun of it) (early 80's)

Never got to use the Apple II.

> 4) got stuck when I wanted to program on the Mac, but thanks Wild  
> Bill, there came Hypercard (late 80's)

Same here, but used "Think" Pascal and C,

> 5) LaTeX (yes, this is a full fledged language (well, TeX,  
> actually)) for my work, on the Mac (beginning late 80's, and still  
> using it regularly)

Not heard that name in many years!

> 6) Matlab (early 90's and since) for my work (and the strict  
> minimum of C to write "externals" for Matlab)
> I tried to learn/use C++, but was despaired by how slooow it was

Never used Matlab either, but I'd like to play with it at some point.

All the Best
Dave