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Article #5962Re: Sucessful Languages (was: Algol-68 down for the count)
From: Alex Colvin
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1988 14:42
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 1988 14:42
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The stated design goals for Pascal changed several times from the first articles in 71 to later articles. They pretty much match the prevalent use at the time. It is probably correct that Pascal was the true sucessor to Algol 60. As to Algol-68, no "serious" language design since has ignored it. Its influence is felt not so much in use as in subsequent languages. I'm thinking of Ada's "elaborations", C's "union"s & "structs" and (pseudo)- regular treatment of pointers, that awful word "pragma". The Informal Introduction was an early instance of hypertext. There was a SIGPLAN article once, "Ignorance of Algol 68 Considered Harmful". Then there's CPL, not to mention ISWIM...
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!uvaarpa!babbage!mac3n From: mac3n@babbage.acc.virginia.edu (Alex Colvin) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Sucessful Languages (was: Algol-68 down for the count) Summary: pascal's design goals, Algol-68R Message-ID: <430@babbage.acc.virginia.edu> Date: 2 Dec 88 14:42:25 GMT References: <388@ubbpc.UUCP> <16187@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <599@quintus.UUCP> <10085@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Organization: University of Virginia Lines: 14