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30th Anniversary of Pascal

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the get-yer-code-on dept.

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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  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. 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.

  7. 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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  8. Today by GeekDork · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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  9. 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!"

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

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

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