Profile: Bill Pearl

Personal background
Education includes:
Microcomputer Engineering Technology Diploma
Electronics Engineering Technician Diploma
B. Physical and Health Education
B. Arts (Humanistic Geography)

Like to come up with project ideas for programming. Each one I do is done in a different programming language. Latest one is a \\"Health Calculator\\" done in VB.NET. Contact me if you like a copy or more details about it.

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WRITE IN C
(sung to The Beatles \\"Let it Be\\")

When I find my code in tons of trouble,
Friends and colleagues come to me,
Speaking words of wisdom:
Write in C.\\"

As the deadline fast approaches,
And bugs are all that I can see,
Somewhere, someone whispers\\"
Write in C.\\"

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, write in C.
LISP is dead and buried,
Write in C.

I used to write a lot of FORTRAN,
for science it worked flawlessly.
Try using it for graphics!
Write in C.

If you\\'ve just spent nearly 30 hours
Debugging some assembly,
Soon you will be glad to
Write in C.

Write in C, write in C,
Write In C, yeah, write in C.
Only wimps use BASIC.
Write in C.

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, oh, write in C.
Pascal won\\'t quite cut it.
Write in C.

(Guitar Solo)

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
Don\\'t even mention COBOL.
Write in C.

And when the screen is fuzzy,
And the editor is bugging me.
I\\'m sick of ones and zeroes.
Write in C.

A thousand people people swear that T.P.
Seven is the one for me.
I hate the word PROCEDURE,
Write in C.

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
PL1 is 80\\'s,
Write in C.

Write in C, write in C,
Write in C, yeah, write in C.
The government loves ADA,
Write in C.
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Thoughts about SETI and SETI@home
Answers to suggested questions

1. Maybe, have no evidence one way or the other. We\\'ll be contacted first.

2. Yes, our address. We\\'re broadcasing noise now, might as well be cohernt.

3. Cool experiement.
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