Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site wu1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!rna!cubsvax!wu1!rf From: rf@wu1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: Standardization (why not "'all of the above'") Message-ID: <353@wu1.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 12:54:24 EST Article-I.D.: wu1.353 Posted: Tue Feb 12 12:54:24 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 03:18:38 EST References: <283@gumby.UUCP> Organization: Western Union Telegraph, Mahwah, NJ Lines: 15 I agree with Mike Inners (gumby!g-inners) that at times standardization is bad. However, he writes: On the other hand, differences are often silly (is it OTHERWISE, OTHERS, or ELSE in a CASE statement?). Perhaps new compilers should attempt to standardise on 'all of the above'. It would certainly be more productive than arguing about it. Standardizing on "'all of the above'" was tried once. The result was a language called PL/I; incredibly complicated and incredibly difficult to compile. I should rather that all parties agree on one simple solution. However, that sounds like angels in heaven, not men on earth! Randolph Fritz UUCPnet: {ihnp4,decvax}!philabs!wu1!rf