User:PatGarrett

My Favorite Languages
Language	Proficiency
VBA	Active
Visual Basic	Active
TI-83 BASIC	Active
VBScript	Active
Visual Basic .NET	Active
BASIC	Good
TI-89 BASIC	Good
Scilab	Good
Pascal	Good
Perl	Experienced
AWK	Experienced
Bourne Shell	Experienced
UNIX Shell	Experienced
AutoIt	Intermediate
Batch File	Intermediate
HTML	Intermediate
PL/I	Rusty
REXX	Rusty
FORTRAN IV	Rusty
R	Apprentice
Fortran	Rusty
C	Rusty
C++	Rusty
Delphi	Rusty
360 Assembly	Rusty
EXEC	Rusty
EXEC2	Rusty
Script/GML (DCF)	Rusty
Easytrieve+	Rusty
CLIST	Rusty
Maxima	Beginner
Python	Beginner
Simula	Rusty
ALGOL 60	Rusty
COBOL	Rusty
Modula-2	Rusty
Prolog	Rusty
Quick Basic	Rusty
SAS	Rusty
x86 Assembly	Beginner

The languages I loved

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

The languages I have forgotten

• RPG : Curious one
• APL : So compact
• PLEX (AXE) : Rare one
• Prolog : So different and difficult
• Ada : Nice one
• ABAP : So so