Article View: comp.lang.misc
Article #2644Re: programming language names
From: Dick Dunn
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 1991 20:56
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 1991 20:56
15 lines
1281 bytes
1281 bytes
kinnersley@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Bill Kinnersley) writes: >...Well if it's names of obscure but widely used languages you want, take a > look at the mumbo jumbo that Ada replaced... ... > FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I, HAL/S, TACPOL, CMS-2, CS-4, SPL/1, J3B, J73, > Algol 60, Algol 68, CORAL 66, Pascal, SIMULA 67, LIS, LTR, RTL/2, Euclid, > PDL2, PEARL, MORAL and EL-1. Eh? "replaced"? Perhaps "was intended to replace"? At least four of those languages still have larger bodies of existing code than Ada... though Kinnersley's list does tend to illustrate why DoD reacted as they did. -- Dick Dunn rcd@ico.isc.com -or- ico!rcd Boulder, CO (303)449-2870 ...Mr. Natural says, "Use the right tool for the job."
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<1991Jan10.205617.27841@ico.isc.com>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!ispd-newsserver!ism.isc.com!ico!rcdReferences:
<3561@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <27792.278c326c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!ispd-newsserver!ism.isc.com!ico!rcd From: rcd@ico.isc.com (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: programming language names Summary: future history? Message-ID: <1991Jan10.205617.27841@ico.isc.com> Date: 10 Jan 91 20:56:17 GMT References: <3561@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <27792.278c326c@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> Organization: Interactive Systems Corporation, Boulder, CO Lines: 15