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Article #1482Algol
From: 24122-Haim Kilov(3786)m000
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 16:42
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 1990 16:42
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Algol-60 (and even 68) - as somebody remarked - was a great improvement over its successors. Starting with decent control structures, clean programs, _much_ better language specifications (recall BNF?), including clear separation between "syntax" and "semantics", etc. Of course, Algol(s) did not have i/o, overflows, etc., but these clearly are implementation-specific properties. (BTW, the Algol68 format definitions do exist, but are too complex... - so there is a good reason for not including such things in the language kernel). Separate your concerns - don't put kernel and implementations into one box. Haim Kilov haim@bcr.cc.bellcore.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!rutgers!bellcore-2!bellcore!pyuxp!towernet!taichi!haim From: haim@taichi.uucp (24122-Haim Kilov(3786)m000) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Algol Message-ID: <91@towernet.UUCP> Date: 10 Aug 90 16:42:05 GMT References: <1990Jul21.004616.649@Stardent.COM> <388@e2big.mko.dec.com> <25630@cs.yale.edu> <2404@l.cc.purdue.edu> Sender: netnews@towernet.UUCP Reply-To: haim@taichi.UUCP (24122-Haim Kilov) Organization: Bellcore, Livingston, NJ Lines: 11