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Article #5851Re: Origin of the term "syntactic sugar"
From: Francois-Michel Lang
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1988 19:36
Date: Mon, 07 Nov 1988 19:36
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In article <444@grand.UUCP> day@grand.UUCP (Dave Yost) writes: > >Does anyone know the origin of the term "syntactic sugar"? > > --dave yost Abelson & Sussman, in "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", attribute the term "syntactic sugar" to Peter Landin. The reference (in my copy) is in a footnote on page 10. That footnote also quotes Alan Perlis: "Syntactic sugar causes cancer of the semicolon". ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Francois-Michel Lang Paoli Research Center, Unisys Corporation lang@prc.unisys.com (215) 648-7256 Dept of Comp & Info Science, U of PA lang@cis.upenn.edu (215) 898-9511
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!agate!bionet!apple!rutgers!njin!princeton!udel!burdvax!zeta!lang From: lang@zeta.PRC.Unisys.COM (Francois-Michel Lang) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Origin of the term "syntactic sugar" Keywords: syntax Message-ID: <8229@burdvax.PRC.Unisys.COM> Date: 7 Nov 88 19:36:20 GMT References: <444@grand.UUCP> Sender: news@PRC.Unisys.COM Organization: Unisys Corporation, Paoli Research Center; Paoli, PA Lines: 15