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30th Anniversary of Pascal

GrokSoup writes "UC San Diego is holding a public symposium on Friday, October 22nd, honoring the 30th anniversary of the Pascal programming language. Oh the memories of undergraduate bubble-sorts ..."

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  1. Niklaus Wirth by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Funny


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  2. Let me be the first to say... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    program Anniversary;
    begin
    writeln ('Happy 30th Anniversary Pascal. You roxxorzz');
    end.

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  3. 30th anniversary... by mwheeler01 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hmmm and D&D just turned 30 too... coincidence?

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    1. Re:30th anniversary... by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 4, Funny
      D&D just turned 30 too... coincidence?

      Only if the right brain didn't know what the left brain was doing at the time.

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    2. Re:30th anniversary... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Okay, show of hands. How many people's first program was a character sheet generator?

  4. Re:Bah! by Big+Mark · · Score: 4, Funny

    Flippin' middle-agers and their line numbers, back in the days of fortran we had whitespace-sensitive code and we were grateful for what we had!

  5. Re:Loved it!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    i for one welcome our jeffery overlord.

  6. Hi, Jeffrey by ggvaidya · · Score: 3, Funny
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  7. Trademark Violation by TheGilmanator · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm sorry, but did you clear the use of the trademarked "UC" with the state of California before posting it?

    Wouldn't want to get shut down, would you?

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  8. Re:Loved it!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hello an enjoy your stay. Remember, you are more than just a number to us, user 810339.

  9. To celebrate, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm going to go out tomorrow to buy some string.

    I'll cut off pieces, and at one end of each piece, write down how long that particular piece is. :)

  10. Re:Hey, it legitimized the PC by jawtheshark · · Score: 2, Funny
    Sorry... Can't resist:

    "It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration." -- Edsger Dijkstra

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  11. Re:Loved it!!!! by AndroidCat · · Score: 4, Funny

    For your first quest, locate Slashdotter #810340 and razz him for being new here.

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  12. I don't think this is correct... by kjones692 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There have been newtons per square meter for much longer than 30 years...

    *ducks*

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  13. Today by GeekDork · · Score: 4, Funny

    Today, we have Python, and whitespace-sensitive code is fucking BACK!

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  14. Welcome by lildogie · · Score: 5, Funny

    > this is also my first post,
    > so i wish to formally introduce myself to the /. community!

    Welcome to Slashdot.

    Just be careful with the words "first post!"

  15. Re:What do they teach in undergrad now? by Moby+Cock · · Score: 2, Funny

    I had one for BASIC programming on my C64 and then AMIGA. It told me how to make a bunch of silly little games. It was useful in helping me understand more about computers but now I'm addicted to video games.....

  16. Re:More serious apps... by BorgCopyeditor · · Score: 2, Funny

    Bah! 255 bytes ought to be enough for anybody.

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  17. Re:More serious apps... by Lars+T. · · Score: 4, Funny

    Two words: signed char -Hell yeah, now that makes sense.

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