Re: What programming language do you hate the most?

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% Chris Collins <xfire@xware.cx>
% 17-Sep-2001

/qsort { dup length 1 gt { << exch /xlt [ ] /xgt [ ] /x 6 5 roll dup 0
+ get 
exch dup length 1 sub 1 exch getinterval /xs exch >> begin 0 1 xs leng
+th 1 
sub { xs exch get dup x lt exch [ exch 3 2 roll { xlt aload pop ] /xlt
+ } { 
xgt aload pop ] /xgt } ifelse exch store } for [ xlt qsort aload pop x
+ xgt
qsort aload pop ] end } if } def


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perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'Help

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Re^2: What programming language do you hate the most? (Forth and RPN) by LanX (Saint) on Dec 04, 2017 at 13:16 UTC
> PostScript Forth I suppose you are objecting against the reverse Polish notation which PostScript inherited from Forth. I've certainly met many fans of the ways of the old HP calculators... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery} edit OH, shiny!!!!! Reverse Polish Lisp deserves to be revived again in an ACME module... :)	[reply]
Re^3: What programming language do you hate the most? (Forth and RPN) by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Dec 04, 2017 at 16:45 UTC
".... old HP calculators...revived..." He! BTW, they are not dead. And some of my former colleagues still swear on them. It's very funny to watch these guys entering data on such a device in Lichtgeschwindigkeit ;-) ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]


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