#Programming Like Women
08-Oct-91 11:27:46
Sb: #1968-#Programming Like Women
Fm: Keith Pleas 72331,2150
To: Brett Liddicoet 76050,323
Brett:
They were in the message, but it kept gettin blown off for space reasons,
and I REALLY hate multi-messages. Anyway, here are (most of) the rest:
PL/I – A bordello madam. She wears silk dresses, diamonds, furs and red high
heels. At one time she seemed very attractive, but now she just seems
overweight and tacky. Tastes change.
C – A lady executive. An avid jogger, very healthy, and not too talkative.
Is an good cook if you like spicy food. Unless you double check everything
you say (through LINT) you can unleash her fierce temper. Her daughter C++
is still quite young and prone to tantrums, but it seems that she will grow
up into a fine young woman of milder temper and more sophisticated character.
Pascal – A grammar school teacher, and Algol 60's younger sister. Like her
sister she is petite and attractive, but very bossy. She is a good cook but
only if the recipe requires no more than one pot (module).
Modula II – A high-school teacher and Pascal's daughter. Very much like her
mother, but she has learned to cook with more than one pot.
LISP – She is an aging beatnik, who lives in a rural commune with her hippie
cousins SMALLTALK and FORTH. Many men (mostly college students) who have
visited the farmhouse,– enthusiastically praise the natural food, and
perpetual love-ins that take place there. Others criticize the long cooking
times, and the abnormal sexual postures (prefix and postfix). Although these
women seldom have full-time jobs, when they do work, their employers praise
them for their imagination, but usually not for their efficiency.
APL – A fancy caterer specializing in Greek food. She can cook delicious
meals for rows and rows of tables with dozens of people at each table. She
doesn't talk much, as that would just slow her work down. Few people can
understand her recipes, since they are in a foreign language, and are all
recorded in mirror writing.
LOGO – A grade-school art teacher. She is just the kind of teacher that you
wish you had when you were young. She is shapely and patient, but not an
interesting conversationalist. She can cook up delicious kiddie snacks, but
not full-course meals.
Ada – A WAC colonel built like an amazon. She is always setting strict
rules, but if you follow them, she keeps her temper. She is quite talkative,
always spouting army regulations, and using obscure military talk. You gotta
love her though, because the army says so.
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