[9fans] Great Works in Programming Languages

From: quanstro@xxxxxxxxxxxx (erik quanstrom)
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 02:38:53 GMT

this is $0.02^x, for some x<0.

intersting this rates "pretty great"
Edsger W. Dijkstra. Go to statement considered harmful. 11(3):147-148, March 1968.

yet this rates "great many great"
Donald E. Knuth. Structured programming with 'go to' statments. Communications of the ACM, 6(4):261-301, 1974.

"Jack Johnson" <knapjack@xxxxxxxxx> writes

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| Anyone see this list before and willing to give their $0.02? (In USD, please)
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| http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/courses/670Fall04/GreatWorksInPL.shtml
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| -Jack
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References:
- [9fans] Great Works in Programming Languages
  - From: Jack Johnson

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