The Lighter Side

Laugh along with me about

1. Some languages, real and otherwise
   • Programming in C
   • Programming in Pascal
   • Programming in FORTRAN
   • VALGOL -- a language waiting to happen
   • Real Quotes by real people
   • The Language Before C++: C+-

2. Here's a new one: the same program written in hundreds of different languages!
   • Makes a good way to compare them, doesn't it?
   • If you think about it, there's some interesting stuff to learn here.
   • The widely known song, "99 Bottles of Beer on a Wall" in many, many programming languages.
   • [No comment on the topic of the single program chosen to represent languages.]
   • Thanks and acknowledgement to Adam Weber for pointing out this site to me.

3. How to spot real programmer prowess
   • Real Programmers.
   • A Real Programmer's skill level.
   • The story of a real programmer, named Mel

4. Some of the other finer points of computing
   • An introduction to the art of flowcharting.
   • An introduction to the art of networking.
   • Has this ever happened to you: the Blue Window of Death?
   • On getting the job done, with some poetic license.
   • Technical writing by Dr. Seuss.
   • What would happen if Star Trek met Windows?
   • Some comparisons between laughing about hardware versus laughing about software.
   • An NP-Hard problem: The Halting problem.

Note: I cannot possibly keep all of these links current. If you find one that doesn't work, I'd appreciate you .