Re: Modern languages (Slight return)

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From: 00704a-Liber
Date: Tue, 24 May 1988 00:55

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In article <2096@ur-tut.UUCP> pmjc@tut.cc.rochester.edu.UUCP (Pam Arnold) writes:
>One advantage I will claim for Modula-2 (and for Pascal as well): I haven't
>seen any other languages in which algorithms may be expressed with such
>clarity - a terrific plus where maintenance is concerned.

I have seen the algorithm for quick sort in a functional language and the
n-queens problem solved in Icon using reversible assignment statements;
these algorithms are expressed there much more clearly than in Modula-2.
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From: nevin1@ihlpf.ATT.COM (00704a-Liber)
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Subject: Re: Modern languages (Slight return)
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Date: 24 May 88 00:55:48 GMT
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