Obscure Jokes

Less-Known Computer Languages Basic-Fortran-Cobol... Theseprogramming languages are wellknown and (more or less) wellloved throughout the computerindustry.There are numerous otherlanguages however that are lesswell known yet still have ardentdevotees. In fact these little-known languages generallyhave the most fanatic admirers.For those who wish to know moreabout these obscure languages -and why they are obscure - Ipresent the following catalog.SIMPLE... SIMPLE is an acronymfor Sheer Idiot's Mono PurposeProgramming LingusiticEnvironment.This language developed at theHanover College for TechnologicalMisfits was designed to make itimpossible to write code witherrors in it. The statements aretherefore confined to BEGIN-END-and STOP. No matter how youarrange the statements you can'tmake a syntax error.Programs written in SIMPLE donothing useful.Thus they achievethe results of programs writtenin other languages without thetedious frustrating process oftesting and debugging.SLOBOL... SLOBOL more...

The obscure we see eventually, the completely apparent takes a little longer.

The obscure a bureaucrat may see eventually; the completely apparent takes forever.

The obscure we see eventually; the completely apparent takes a little longer.

The obscure we see eventually; the completely apparent takes a little longer. The one item you want is never the one on sale. The one thing that money can not buy is poverty. The one who does the least work will get the most credit. The one who says it can`t be done should never interrupt the one doing it. The one you want is never the one on sale. The only important information in a hierarchy is who knows what. The only knowledge that can hurt you is the knowledge you don`t have. The only real errors are human errors. The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it is unfamiliar territory.