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  • Re: Shoes and ships and sealing wax, and whether programming paradigmsa

    From docdwarf@1:2320/100 to comp.lang.cobol on Wed Jan 4 13:39:52 2017
    From Newsgroup: comp.lang.cobol

    In article <ed3nd5Fji9cU1@mid.individual.net>,
    pete dashwood <dashwood@enternet.co.nz> wrote:
    Anyone observing the somewhat ascerbic exchange between Doc Dwarf and
    myself could be forgiven for wondering: "What exactly are they talking >about?"

    I can't speak for what Doc's point is (apart from repeating several
    times that I am "wrong"... to which my response has to be:"No, I'm not,
    and you are a poopie-head..."), but, speaking for myself entirely, I did >come across the following site which has a succinct and clear
    explanation of my position:

    https://www.technologyuk.net/computing/software-development/event-driven-programming.shtml

    Please note, in particular, the opening sentence, and the judicious use
    of the word "paradigm"...

    '... interrupt-driven programming of the kind found in early command-line environments such as DOS and embedded systems.'

    A desire to continue to inflict such torments upon users could be ascribed
    to religious fervor, aye.

    DD

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