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Article #2814Re: improve language by dropping ;
From: Nick Rothwell
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 1991 15:41
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 1991 15:41
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In article <21900005@inmet>, rgh@inmet.inmet.com writes: > > a := b + > c > > This sensible and workable rule could be adapted to most Algol-ish languages. ...and was used in the Algol-ish language IMP back in the mid 70's. -- Nick Rothwell, Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh. nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk <Atlantic Ocean>!mcsun!ukc!lfcs!nick ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Captain Waldorf has analogue filters. You do not. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~ Do not try to imitate them or any of their actions. ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!cs.ed.ac.uk!cs.edinburgh.ac.uk!nick From: nick@cs.edinburgh.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: improve language by dropping ; Message-ID: <6546@skye.cs.ed.ac.uk> Date: 21 Feb 91 15:41:41 GMT References: <27@<8507> <21900005@inmet> Sender: nnews@cs.ed.ac.uk Reply-To: nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk Organization: Tasha Yar Appreciation Soc... oh, sh*t Lines: 14