[CentOS] A question

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 10:49 AM,  <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Reminds me of the *only* O'Reilly book I didn't like: I think it was
>>>> Larry's original book on Perl - the index was *dreadful*, couldn't
>>>> find anything.
>>>
>>> On the other hand, if you wrote a perl program following those
>>> examples, it would almost certainly still run today, with the only
>>> change it might need being to escape @ symbols that you had in
>>> double-quoted strings. That's pretty rare.
>>
>> Well, yes. And I can do the same with my favorite language of all, ANSI
>> C.
>
> Umm, yeah - now.  In 1987 when perl was released you'd have been using
> K&R C which needed some changes when compilers started demanding the
> syntax from the ANSI changes.  Or worse, some compiler with it's own
> unique syntax.

True... but in '87, I was still on mainframes, and using *GAG* DOS/VSE/SP
(and whatever letters have been added since). I didn't get to use C until
'89, and perl... no one had heard of it were I was working in TX until
about '92 or '93.

Yes, I did start with K&R, and have my copy of the Bible (K&R, ANSI
version). Syntax on languages shouldn't change, anyway....

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