Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

["Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com>]

"Charles Richmond" <richmond@ev1.net> wrote in message
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> Charles Richmond wrote:
> >
> > Kurt Koller wrote:
> > >
> > > not to throw more water on this out of control grease fire, but you'd
have a
> > > hard time making "PONG" in RPG but RPG is still a programming
language.
> > >
> > Perhaps so, but I have a "Star Trek" game written in COBOL...
> > and no, I did *not* write it...
> >
> Besides, RPG *is* a programming language, but it is a poor
> excuse for a programming language IMHO. It is *not* a procedural
> programming language. Most folks now think that RPG means
> "role playing game"...or "rocket propelled grenade".
>
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It is easy to throw rocks at languages we don't like.