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My Favorite Languages
Language	Proficiency
VBA	Active
Visual Basic .NET	Active
360 Assembly	Good
BASIC	Good
Pascal	Good
Scilab	Good
TI-83 BASIC	Good
TI-89 BASIC	Good
VBScript	Good
Visual Basic	Good
Microsoft Small Basic	Good
AWK	Good
Bourne Shell	Good
Korn Shell	Good
UNIX Shell	Good
Bourne Again SHell	Good
AutoIt	Intermediate
Batch File	Intermediate
C Shell	Rusty
Perl	Rusty
C	Rusty
C++	Rusty
PL/I	Rusty
REXX	Rusty
Fortran	Rusty
JCL	Rusty
Maxima	Apprentice
Python	Apprentice
R	Apprentice
x86 Assembly	Apprentice
ALGOL 60	Rusty
CLIST	Rusty
Delphi	Rusty
Easytrieve+	Rusty
EXEC	Rusty
EXEC2	Rusty
FORTRAN IV	Rusty
Modula-2	Rusty
Prolog	Rusty
Quick Basic	Rusty
SAS	Rusty
Script/370	Rusty
Simula	Rusty
Excel	Good
HTML	Good
SQL	Rusty

The languages I loved

FORTRAN IV : John Backus† was a hero
ALGOL 60 : So clear
SIMULA 67 : Object oriented in 1967
360 Assembly : I prefer the name Assembler S/360
PL/I : The swiss knife
Pascal : So simple
Rexx : So neat
awk : Cute
Perl : So flexible
Python : Nice

The languages I have forgotten

COBOL : So verbose
RPG : A curious one
APL : So compact
PLEX (AXE) : For programming Ericsson AXE telephone exchanges
Prolog : So different and difficult
Ada : Nice one
ABAP : So so

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-{{mylang|Excel|Experienced}}
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 == The languages I loved ==
-* '''[[FORTRAN IV]]''' : John Backus&dagger; was a hero
+* '''[[Fortran|FORTRAN IV]]''' : [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Backus John Backus]&dagger; was a hero
 * '''[[ALGOL 60]]''' : So clear
-* '''[[Simula]]''' : Object oriented in 1967
+* '''[[Simula|SIMULA 67]]''' : Object oriented in 1967
-* '''[[360 Assembly]]''' : I prefer the name '''[[Assembler S/360]]'''
+* '''[[360 Assembly]]''' : I prefer the name '''Assembler S/360'''
 * '''[[PL/I]]''' : The swiss knife
 * '''[[Pascal]]''' : So simple
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 * '''[[RPG]]''' : A curious one
 * '''[[APL]]''' : So compact
-* '''[[PLEX (AXE)]]''' : A rare one
+* '''[[PLEX (AXE)]]''' : For programming Ericsson AXE telephone exchanges
 * '''[[Prolog]]''' : So different and difficult
 * '''[[Ada]]''' : Nice one