From: O'Regan, Emlyn (Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au)
Date: Mon Sep 27 1999 - 00:52:52 MDT
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spike Jones [SMTP:spike66@ibm.net]
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 6:04 AM
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Re: Best/Densest languages [was RE: PROGRAMMING: Free Tools]
>
> Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> > What is currently the densest language (i.e. the fewest
> > lines on the part of the programmer, result in the greatest
> > amount of work on the part of the machine?)
>
> Easy. That would be microsloth Vbasic, written as
> a macro in excel. It takes very few keystrokes on the part
> of the "programmer" to develop a lotta code, which results
> in huge amounts of work on the part of the machine. spike
>
Yes, I agree that VB is the densest programming language. Not too compact
though.
Emlyn
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