Re: Re: Algol68 (and standards diatribe)

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From: Chris Dollin
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 07:55

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Steve Knight wrote:

   .....
   this issue.  (Doubtless my colleagues will award me a second fruit-basket-
   on-the-head for what follows.)  Pascal solved this conflict by forbidding 
   .....

Biscuit-basket, actually.

[I agree with Steve's remarks about full lexical scoping, which I have ommitted
for the sake of the basket.]
--

Regards, Kers.      | "You're better off  not dreaming of  the things to come;
Caravan:            | Dreams  are always ending  far too soon."

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