@ncweaver I think of it more as a steamroller that occasionally plants land mines. Assembly is the same, but with a warning about the mines.
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@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver I regularly encounter non-programming folks who need super basic database manipulation. They go to Excel, ugh.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep@mattblaze@ncweaver it was so damn verbose.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@zeynep@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver COBOL is SQL for data on tape. Once you get that, it's suddenly a marvel of elegance. -
@rsthau@esesci@mattblaze@ncweaver Hah. COBOL would be better for about 50% of stuff people do in Excel and screw up because Excel. - Show replies
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@mattblaze@zeynep@esesci@ncweaver (pretty sure not my original COBOL joke).
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