[geeks] Java as a first language

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Sat, 11 Nov 2006 @ 07:59 -0600, Michael Parson said:

> I agree completely, it's not the language's fault that you can write
> totally obfuscated programs in it.  Heck, they even have *contests* to
> see who can write the best obfuscated code in perl and C.  My favorite
> was one a few years ago that would execute in perl and Postscript.

I've seen programs that would run in as many as 7 different languages,
even things FORTRAN and shell.

Some people have immense amounts of time.

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