Re: pl/pgsql oddity

Since when is COBOL dead ;-)

Can't say I know that language yet, actually (I did know some Fortran,
but it's been a while)...

Just because a language is not in common use does not mean it lacks
value. Some ideas are so far ahead of their time, they get laughed off
for a time, then suddenly become so widespread no one would believe
they were ever looked down on.

(The world *is* flat, right?)

On Dec 16, 2004, at 4:18 PM, Richard_D_Levine(at)raytheon(dot)com wrote:

> Don't get used to Ada. It's almost as dead as COBOL, though I liked
> it too
> for some things. Oracle plsql is soooo Ada-like I've literally cut and
> pasted whole Ada routines into Oracle plsql and they work without
> modification. PostgreSQL doesn't do parameters and packages, so it is
> slightly more work to move stuff from your front-end into your
> back-end,
> but often worth it.
>
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> "Frank D. Engel, Jr."
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> 12/16/2004 03:01 PM
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> "elsif" is the spelling used by Ada. I'm getting rather used to it,
> myself.
>
> I'm really starting to like Ada. So "elsif" is fine with me.
>
> As far as alternate spellings being accepted within a language, look at
> the Transcript language used by Runtime Revolution (www.runrev.com),
> which is a so-called "Xtalk" language (based on HyperTalk, which was
> used by HyperCard; and yes, HyperTalk was like this too...)
>
> -- and # are synonyms (comment delimiters)
>
> abbreviated can be abbreviated as abbr or abbrev ;-)
>
> audioClip can be abbreviated as ac
>
> accelKey and acceleratorKey
>
> acceleratorModifiers and accelMods
>
> arm and armed
>
> autoHilite and autoHighlight
>
> recentNames and backList
>
> group, background, bg, and bkgnd
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> The list goes on and On and ON...
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> On Dec 16, 2004, at 2:12 PM, Guy Rouillier wrote:
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>> Michael Fuhr wrote:
>>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 12:27:53PM -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't know of any other language that permits multiple spellings
>>>> for the same construct. I'd be concerned with starting such a
>>>> precedent.
>>>
>>> I'd be in favor of making it a bloody law that every bloody language
>>> use the same bloody spelling. I'm forever forgetting whether a
>>> particular language uses ELSE IF, ELSEIF, ELSIF, or ELIF. Grumble,
>>> grumble, grumble....
>>
>> As a relative newbie to PostgreSQL (but an old-timer to programming
>> languages and other DMBSs) I would certainly vote for allowing elseif.
>> This is my first encounter of "else" without the terminating "e", and
>> that would not be a natural omission for me.
>>
>> --
>> Guy Rouillier
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$ ln -s /usr/share/kjvbible /usr/manual
$ true | cat /usr/manual | grep "John 3:16"
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.
$

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