[TUHS] Obscene languages (was: Does anybody know the etymology of the term "word" as in collection of bits?)

[Greg 'groggy' Lehey]

On Saturday, 10 September 2022 at  7:44:57 +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> COBOL?  FORTRAN?  RPG?  Those are all swear words to me :-)

Is this an indirect reference to the "Programmer's ABC" in the March
1976 issue of Datamation?  I have a copy of the lot at
http://www.lemis.com/grog/Humour/ABC.php, but the one I think you're
referring to is:

  L is for language; use these three.
  Cobol, Fortran, RPG.
  Avoid all others, friend, and shun
  Those with the suffix "L slash I."

And yes, I share your sentiment.

Greg
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