From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Invoking a function from a list of functions Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 09:15:08 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9e190e4f-95c0-44f6-9e8d-d664b73049d1@default> References: <67c4a534-d41c-4736-8839-c2dbbdf7f9c2@googlegroups.com> <2da7504a-8bbf-41b9-993e-a7bacd6c97b2@googlegroups.com> <20181116114011.cd51e04341e98a6b76ef10d2@speakeasy.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1542388451 2427 195.159.176.226 (16 Nov 2018 17:14:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:14:11 +0000 (UTC) To: "James K. Lowden" , help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 16 18:14:07 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gNhgz-0000Vp-5M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 18:14:05 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46020 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNhj5-0007rl-LH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:16:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:53470) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNhia-0007rg-J1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:15:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNhiX-0005uq-G5 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:15:44 -0500 Original-Received: from userp2130.oracle.com ([156.151.31.86]:54070) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gNhiX-0005JW-8U for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:15:41 -0500 Original-Received: from pps.filterd (userp2130.oracle.com [127.0.0.1]) by userp2130.oracle.com (8.16.0.22/8.16.0.22) with SMTP id wAGHE1wX021465; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:15:15 GMT DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=oracle.com; h=mime-version : message-id : date : from : sender : to : subject : references : in-reply-to : content-type : content-transfer-encoding; s=corp-2018-07-02; bh=hl7BYmqX0+LSjzViIE3hyxxQP6JHlmCKsf448wZ+YiY=; b=FRH4522h66OLrkU8LCn6HR3Quvt2WqW/Dd3VZLmcpRy64oNao97nlzKiAQkY3YR5C+VF N44u6P27HyN7P7SIq/8wYZyc949IE8Hx0ad8oix8WTWVBmZMfag/U26nYTQiFOn/2LoX wdCD2svvc/sqwGVZuat+tVAEnfxaYUlzaQjAyrm4Ebj+knjK36udFaMdCO+QE9EN0BD/ UqFWXq9+cloPATsbGnEPkS3XcDkrBs307JTGoDwIPhIDOs+l6RUHbc4o9UF27bd/kSlJ CahUA9amGs8D6aXEwATFte4jBRH/E/57hBa1ymY1ILR6H8stztLVirVh5tpFIIOIvLfJ QA== Original-Received: from userv0022.oracle.com (userv0022.oracle.com [156.151.31.74]) by userp2130.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2nr7csgdvv-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:15:14 +0000 Original-Received: from userv0122.oracle.com (userv0122.oracle.com [156.151.31.75]) by userv0022.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wAGHF9op003098 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:15:09 GMT Original-Received: from abhmp0002.oracle.com (abhmp0002.oracle.com [141.146.116.8]) by userv0122.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id wAGHF85R017702; Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:15:08 GMT In-Reply-To: <20181116114011.cd51e04341e98a6b76ef10d2@speakeasy.net> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4756.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=5900 definitions=9079 signatures=668683 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=883 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1810050000 definitions=main-1811160153 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 156.151.31.86 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:118699 Archived-At: > > The PL/I project by IBM and SHARE resulted in > > Fortran and COBOL >=20 > PL/1 post-dates Cobol by at least 7 years. By the time PL/1 was > available, Cobol was already commercially successful. What use did the > Cobol programmer have for PL/1? And what evidence that it's a simpler > language? And Fortran certainly came years before "the PL/I project". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL/I#Early_history