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Article #2646Re: programming language names
From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 1991 23:11
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 1991 23:11
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From article <3561@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU>, by lloyd@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU (lloyd allison): > re the variety of languages. > > I have been attempting to compile an A-Z (not a census) > of programming languages for some time. ... Many of the names listed should be all caps, because the are acronyms. For example, "BASIC" stands for "Beginner's Algorithmic ..." something-or-another, can't remember. I think I recall that "FORTRAN" stands for "FORmula TRANslator". "Forth" is a funny one. I've heard that it does not stand for anything. Its inventor wanted to bill it as a fourth generation language, but he also had to restrict program names to five characters. He He. Urban myth? Pascal of course is "Pascal". It's a man's name, so it's not all caps. Ditto Ada, named after the first computer programmer, the lovely and talented Ada Lovelace.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!sun-barr!decwrl!megatest!djones From: djones@megatest.UUCP (Dave Jones) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: programming language names Message-ID: <14834@goofy.megatest.UUCP> Date: 10 Jan 91 23:11:46 GMT References: <3561@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> Organization: Megatest Corporation, San Jose, Ca Lines: 17