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5 Jul 2024 08:41:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: If programming languages were organs  
From: "Jörg \"Yadgar\" Bleimann"
Date: 18 Sep 2015 06:19:36
Message: <55fbe538$1@news.povray.org>
Hi(gh)!

On 18.09.2015 11:26, scott wrote:
>> C#: a Wersi OAS model, essentially a PC running Windows XP with some
>> organ built around it. Pretends to be a Hammond B-3 but never will be -
>> and preferably crashes in the midst of a recital!
>
> C# crash? I think your C or C++ one would be far more likely to crash,
> unless in the hands of an experienced professional.
>
> When I read the subject I was expecting things like brain, eyes etc, not
> pianos!
>

Originally, I typed "were electronic organs" - but a Hammond B-3 (like 
any tonewheel Hammond) is not truly electronic (rather 
electro-magnetic), much less a Mighty Wurlitzer, which is a traditional 
pipe organ!

See you in Khyberspace!

Yadgar


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