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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 10, 2001
It stands for "Nowhere 2 Go 2" - one of the BBS systems set up during "Rupert" to give researchers a place to meet while the BBC sanitized the Guide.
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Garak Posted Sep 15, 2001
I can't say that I know many programming languages, but I'm willing to learn, and that, I think, is one of the main things that makes up a budding programmer.
Researcher Garak
Languages: Fully versed in HTML, Basic DHTML
Others: In the process of learning JavaScript, Interested in learning C/C++
After looking at everyone else's knowledge, what I have listed looks a little pale in comparison, but I hope that it can be put to good use.
Garak
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Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged Posted Sep 15, 2001
Hi! I'm just going to warn you that I'm about to be a bit pedantic, so you might want to cover your eyes, ears, or what ever other senses your species has. Warn! Consider you self warned 
.
HTML is NOT A PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE. It is a MARKUP LANGUAGE.
As I understand it you do not *program* in DHTML as it is merely a standard between HTML, DOM (or BOM?), and javascript/vbscript. Thus, you should more correctly state that you are conversant with Basic Javascript compliant with DHTML.
Plus, one question, how can you be conversant in Basic DHTML, yet still be learning JavaScript???
It does look a little pale doesn't it? Umm.
Who cares. Just ignore the above and i'll just hide in my cave.
*feels a bit ashamed at going off the deep end*
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Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged Posted Sep 15, 2001
That wasn't nice of me was it?
Here, you can have my 
. please, forgive me.
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MaW Posted Sep 15, 2001
But you didn't say anything that wasn't true...
Now PHP, that's a programming language for the web...
MaW
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Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged Posted Sep 15, 2001
Yeah, but it was a bit un-acely and a bit unusual for me.
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Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged Posted Sep 16, 2001
Yeah, but that still doesn't mean it wasn't ooc for me, when I wasn't even in a character to hide behind.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 16, 2001
Perhaps we can combine PHP with PGP and produce a language that's *really* unreadable! 
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Sep 16, 2001
Well, It is true that a lot of stuff listed under languages is not actually programming languages but markup languages, or script languages.
This is one of the reasons the title is Languages and not Programming Languages.
And it is the reight place to get help with those too, because programmers feel more natural about markup and scripts then other users.
Also, we welcome everybody here 
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And it's OK to freak out sometimes Spelugx, even if you are an ace. People will keep writing markup langs as their languages anyway, mainly because they won't read the backlog, and therefore won't see this hideous (kidding) post 
You may repost (more polite) versions of it in the future.
Dancer
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Sep 16, 2001
Welcome Gerek, youre in 
Take this time to subscribe to the whole corner's entry (see it placed Peet ) if you haven't done so yet
Peace,
Dancer
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lw - ck Posted Sep 16, 2001
hey give him a rest hes only 14! CAn i be the first one to 
? Anyway pop in to CK's thread. Dancer theis used to be "Nemisis"!
Ck
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Sep 16, 2001
Oh, hi there, I heard about you ,
and I don't see any reason to it, Everybody is entitled to say what they want, and everybody else is allowed to bark at them for doing so 
Dancer
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Dancer (put your advert here) Posted Sep 21, 2001
What do you want written? I mean languages, platforms, interests etc.
Who do you want to sign up? (Lucinda/MyRedDice/Martin/myre/Xanthia)
BTW, I wanted to ask but never did, why is myre not capitalised?
Dancer
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Martin Harper Posted Sep 21, 2001
Languages - Java, C++, VB, but interested in various weird languages like Intercal and such
Platforms - mainly windows at the moment
Interests - AI, and games too sometimes
Who? Well, Martin's the programmer, but sign us up together - we like to join things together - one for all and that kinda thing...
myre's not capitalised because... well, she's a little shy... not really the self-publicising kind of fairy, you know?
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Emyr Posted Sep 24, 2001
U178203 (Emyr42,socalledprat, etc.)
languages- basic, Delphi5, (some)Javascript, HTML(complicated enough to be a language).
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Sep 24, 2001
Intercal, Lucinda? That's the language which replaced "Goto" with "Come from", isn't it?
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- 81: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 10, 2001)
- 82: Garak (Sep 15, 2001)
- 83: Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged (Sep 15, 2001)
- 84: Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged (Sep 15, 2001)
- 85: MaW (Sep 15, 2001)
- 86: Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged (Sep 15, 2001)
- 87: MaW (Sep 16, 2001)
- 88: Spelugx the Beige, Wizard, Perl, Thaumatologically Challenged (Sep 16, 2001)
- 89: MaW (Sep 16, 2001)
- 90: iaoth (Sep 16, 2001)
- 91: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 16, 2001)
- 92: Dancer (put your advert here) (Sep 16, 2001)
- 93: Dancer (put your advert here) (Sep 16, 2001)
- 94: lw - ck (Sep 16, 2001)
- 95: Dancer (put your advert here) (Sep 16, 2001)
- 96: Martin Harper (Sep 21, 2001)
- 97: Dancer (put your advert here) (Sep 21, 2001)
- 98: Martin Harper (Sep 21, 2001)
- 99: Emyr (Sep 24, 2001)
- 100: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Sep 24, 2001)
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