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Greg Ewing wrote:

> > >Well we could go farther with the C thing.  C is a decendent of B which was
> > >a decendent of A which was the decendent of a primitive language called
> > >Alpha.
> No, 'A' was descended from '@' which was descended
> from '>' which was descended from '<' which...
> Thus, we can see that all programming languages are
> ultimately descended from one primitive proto-language
> called NUL, details of which are lost in the mists
> of time.

Don't be silly.  The specification has lived until this day.  It's a very simple
and elegant language.  Just look at the expressive power of the following program:

-Begin Example-
-End Example-
Wild, eh?  The program, itself, doesn't actually accomplish much, but it almost
speaks to your soul as it does(n't do) it, no...?


