On Nov 11, 2007 6:42 PM, Tim Hunter <TimHunter / nc.rr.com> wrote:
> Rick DeNatale wrote:
> > On Nov 11, 2007 3:18 PM, Tim Hunter <TimHunter / nc.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Well, the Ruby version certainly wins the Man-or-boy-test-golf contest.
> >> But I've been programming in C for over 20 years and I can say with
> >> authority that whoever did the C version has C-coding cojones the size
> >> of hubcaps.
> >
> > I was surprised and amused to find that there was already an PL/I
> > implementation in the wikipedia article.
> >
> > A much (unnecessarily) maligned language deep in my past.
> >
>
> Ummmm...before I wrote C I wrote PL/I. Not a lot, but enough to be able
> to use the PL/I version of the Man or Boy test to figure out how to code
> the Ruby version.

Sometimes I feel my age.

Last week I gave a talk to the local "agile" meetup group about "A
History of Agility" When I introduced myself I said that I started
programming in College in 1970.  Out of the 15-20 people in the
audience, only about 3-4 were born then, some by only a few months.

-- 
Rick DeNatale

My blog on Ruby
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/