Re: Languages From Hell -- your favorite one could walk again!

Gary Merrill (sasghm@unx.sas.com) wrote:
: [suggestions for hideous old languages sought]


It may not be old but it sure is hideous. TeX wins every time. I reckon I
can program in at least a dozen HLLs and maybe more macro-assemblers but
every time I want to make TeX do a new trick it's like I'm a complete
neophyte. This feature of non-incremental learning (however much you know,
you still get totally surprised) is tightly linked to the use of macro
expansion languages generally, which come straight from the innermost
fires of hell. Oh and I wrote a book on LaTeX and its insides, so don't
get the idea I haven't tried hard enough...


I suppose it isn't dead enough yet for your needs, but hopefully it will be
soon, so perhaps you could get in a pre-emptive strike ;-)


                                                            Adrian


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