RE: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)

You forgot:

"Oh, now here's a new species... a Java program!  What's it doing... it's
seems to be trying to say 'Hello World', but it's having a tough time...
<5 minutes later>
Oh!  there she goes!  Hello to you too, Mr. Java program!  
Look at that beautiful polymorphism.  I've heard these Java programs are
known to encapsulate entire operating systems."

Brad


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schenck, Don [mailto:Don.Schenck@WL.com]
> Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 2:58 PM
> To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)
> 
> 
> Episode #309 of "Crocodile Hunter"
> 
> "Ahh ... look 'ere. It's an RPG PROGRAM! Whew ... she's a 
> beauty ... BIG
> too! Watch it, they can be dangerous, ya know! They've been 
> known to attack
> programmers, sometimes throw ALL 99 indicators at 'em."
> 
> "Oh ... and look at this! A C program! I haven't seen one of 
> those in these
> parts in a long time. Wow ... look at the syntax ... oh she's 
> a unique one
> alright! Check out those function calls. Better watch it; 
> I've seen ENTIRE
> NETWORKS brought to their knees by these. They're no fun, 
> lemme tell ya."
> 
> "Look at this! It's a Visual Basic program! Wow ... it's 
> huge! Must be those
> runtime modules! Wait ... oh dear ... it died. Don't worry 
> ... that's quite
> common!"
> 
> 
> -- Don
> 
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