[OT] Languages

From: "Randall L Joiner" <rljoiner@mindspring.com>

> Senior Systems Engineer for CNN. My (and my teams) duties include the

Yowch. Rather you than me. Soft Real Time, but stressed 24/7.

> I've done professional developing of complex systems, and am

OK, I have to ask: How's your FORTH? APL?
Ada-83?
Ada-95?

(FORTH - had to re-engineer some cruddy software on a magnetometer last
week)
(APL - the "write only" language - my first commercial job was using
APL)
(Ada - OK I admit it. I'm almost fanatical about Ada. It's saved my
bacon sooo
many times when writing real-time or safety-critical systems that I
don't like anything else.)

I must admit that anyone who can keep the CNN hotchpotch going with such good
reliability (though I'm sure that will provoke a guffaw from you) is In My