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Article #3041Re: Algol68
From: Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,319335...
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 17:27
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1991 17:27
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From article <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by mcdonald@aries.scs.uiuc.edu (Doug McDonald): > > For a VERY simple reason: Real Programmers (TM) are not masochists > and seldom are Real Typists (TM) and simply HATE to type for the > most common construct in any program the loathsome, redundant, > hard to type, piece of shit: > > := This kind of flame is unworthy of response, but for one serious point. Aversion to typing := doesn't explain why Pascal was so much more successful than Algol 68, both of which have :=. Besides, Real Programmers (TM) also hate == for the very same reason, so you can't win. Doug Jones jones@cs.uiowa.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!ns-mx!pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu From: jones@pyrite.cs.uiowa.edu (Douglas W. Jones,201H MLH,3193350740,3193382879) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.arch Subject: Re: Algol68 Message-ID: <5003@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Date: 22 Mar 91 17:27:19 GMT References: <1991Mar22.153944.1096@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: news@ns-mx.uiowa.edu Followup-To: comp.lang.misc Lines: 18