the parable of the languages
2002-10-14 04:20:33+02 by meuon 0 comments
Worth a read if just for lines like:
"As FORTRAN wheezed to a stop, COBOL was emphatically nodding its head, unable to speak, though, because of the oxygen tube up its nose (for which the other languages were secretly thankful because COBOL did tend to maunder a bit about its glory days)."