A question for Mr Bright

Sat Oct 5 03:02:28 PDT 2013

On Saturday, October 05, 2013 11:48:02 IgorStepanov wrote:
> On Friday, 4 October 2013 at 20:56:11 UTC, ProgrammingGhost wrote:
> > On Friday, 4 October 2013 at 20:54:07 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> >> On 10/4/2013 1:23 PM, ProgrammingGhost wrote:
> >>> Walter Bright: Did you have a beard during anytime of the the
> >>> design or
> >>> development of D? and if not do you regret it?
> >> 
> >> No. I had a beard in my early 20's, and it never stopped
> >> itching. I don't want one again.
> >> 
> >> Besides, I work with power tools and have no interest in
> >> having my face pulled into the drill press because my beard
> >> got snagged on it.
> > 
> > Language Combo Breaker
> 
> John Backus, designer of the fortran didn't have a beard. I
> think, in some cases, this rule may be disregarded.

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