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Article #2264Re: First Recursive Language.
From: Dick Dunn
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:54
Date: Sat, 01 Dec 1990 00:54
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napi@rangkom.MY (Mohd Hanafiah b. Abdullah) writes: > Does anyone know which language is the first to use recursions. Where do we draw a line for "language"? Certainly recursion is evident in mathematics that far predates programming. Would you consider Church's thesis[*] as defining a language? Some folks figure it as a direct progenitor of LISP, and recursion certainly figures in heavily. [*] _The_Calculi_of_Lambda_Conversion_, Alonzo Church. (I think it's 1940, Princeton) -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 ...Mr. Natural says, "Use the right tool for the job."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!ames!ncar!ico!rcd From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: First Recursive Language. Summary: hard to go back that far Message-ID: <1990Dec1.005406.6563@ico.isc.com> Date: 1 Dec 90 00:54:06 GMT References: <319@rangkom.MY> Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO Lines: 14