Silliness Quiz - Page 859

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 09:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Didn't really think so, though the mnemonics do stand for Hyper Text Markup Language...

Yes, but not all languages are programming languages. You can't write a Turing Machine in HTML.

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Scala

Another two points.

HIMS: 18
orlok: 15

orlok · 02-28-2014, 09:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pdurrant

Yes, but not all languages are programming languages. You can't write a Turing Machine in HTML.

I know. It was just tongue in cheek.

Pro4? (ProIV?)
RPGII
RPGIII
RPGIV

dBase
Unity

HomeInMyShoes · 02-28-2014, 09:53 AM

SNOBOL
Tcl
Dylan

HomeInMyShoes · 02-28-2014, 09:53 AM

I think we all know who the geeks are in this room.

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 10:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Pro4? (ProIV?)
dBase
Unity

Six points.

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

RPGII
RPGIII
RPGIV

Nice Try. 0 points.

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

SNOBOL
Tcl
Dylan

3 points. (I remember Dylan. I probably have the Apple dev kit somewhere!)

HIMS: 21 points
orlok: 21 poiints

It's neck-and-neck!

orlok · 02-28-2014, 10:21 AM

Ada ....

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by orlok

Ada ....

Yes! 1 point

orlok: 22 points
HIMS: 21 poiints

There are still more to go!

HomeInMyShoes · 02-28-2014, 11:33 AM

Okay, I give.

I think we've sufficiently driven away everyone except us three.

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 11:58 AM

I'll give it another few hours, in case someone else wants to join in, or orlok wants to increase his lead. And then I'll post all the ones I can think of that the two of you have missed!

orlok · 02-28-2014, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Okay, I give.

I think we've sufficiently driven away everyone except us three.

I've about run out, and actually you deserve the win as I took all the low hanging fruit by being the first to answer

. Many of yours I have never heard of.

DrDln · 02-28-2014, 12:52 PM

What is utterly silly???

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrDln

What is utterly silly???

You need to win a quiz before setting one.

pdurrant · 02-28-2014, 03:08 PM

I declare orlok the winner.

Common languages not mentioned:
Coral 66
Postscript
Perl
AppleScript
Batch (DOS/Windows)
BCPL
Logo
Lua
Modula

A few oddities
BBC Basic (sufficiently different to count, I think)
SOBS Basic (Southampton Official BASIC System from the mid 1970s - one idiosyncracy was the use £ instead of $ for strings.)
JEAN (Another one from my ICL 1904 days)

A vast list is available at Wikipedia.

Anyway, over to orlok!

HomeInMyShoes · 02-28-2014, 03:34 PM

I thought Perl was mentioned by Orlok. I wouldn't call Postscript a language, it's markup for printing much like HTML is markup for a screen, although you can iterate and such so it does get interpreted which makes it a language. Would that not make ghostscript and LaTeX also a language (it has \loop and \repeat items?) I'm assuming pdurrant was meaning that you could make a Turing Machine with the language in question.

I should have gotten Logo.

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02-28-2014, 09:53 AM	#12874
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	SNOBOL Tcl Dylan

02-28-2014, 09:53 AM	#12875
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I think we all know who the geeks are in this room.

02-28-2014, 10:21 AM	#12877
orlok Close to the Edit! Posts: 9,797 Karma: 267994408 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis, Amazon Fire 8", Kindle 6"	Ada ....

02-28-2014, 11:33 AM	#12879
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	Okay, I give. I think we've sufficiently driven away everyone except us three.

02-28-2014, 11:58 AM	#12880
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,496 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I'll give it another few hours, in case someone else wants to join in, or orlok wants to increase his lead. And then I'll post all the ones I can think of that the two of you have missed!

02-28-2014, 12:52 PM	#12882
DrDln Banned Posts: 1,527 Karma: 2349214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Mountain House, CA Device: kindle	What is utterly silly???

02-28-2014, 03:08 PM	#12884
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 71,496 Karma: 306214458 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Voyage	I declare orlok the winner. Common languages not mentioned: Coral 66 Postscript Perl AppleScript Batch (DOS/Windows) BCPL Logo Lua Modula A few oddities BBC Basic (sufficiently different to count, I think) SOBS Basic (Southampton Official BASIC System from the mid 1970s - one idiosyncracy was the use £ instead of $ for strings.) JEAN (Another one from my ICL 1904 days) A vast list is available at Wikipedia. Anyway, over to orlok!

02-28-2014, 03:34 PM	#12885
HomeInMyShoes Grand Sorcerer Posts: 19,226 Karma: 67780237 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: none	I thought Perl was mentioned by Orlok. I wouldn't call Postscript a language, it's markup for printing much like HTML is markup for a screen, although you can iterate and such so it does get interpreted which makes it a language. Would that not make ghostscript and LaTeX also a language (it has \loop and \repeat items?) I'm assuming pdurrant was meaning that you could make a Turing Machine with the language in question. I should have gotten Logo.

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