Re: [groff] Brian Kernighan on the evoution of eqn, pic, grap, into troff

[Steffen Nurpmeso]

Tadziu Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
 |> Computer Science - Brian Kernighan on successful language design
 |> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg4U4r_AgJU
 |> "How to succeed in language design without really trying."
 |
 |Very interesting.  It's somewhat amusing to see that already
 |in 1961 (!) the proliferation of languages was considered
 |a Babel.
 |
 |A significant point he mentions is that the language you use
 |influences the way you think.
 |
 |(And he uses Comic Sans, the official typeface of
 |groundbreaking science!!!)

Yes, that also struck me right away!

--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer,                The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter           he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter  wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)