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Article #6531Wirth and Algol-68 (was Re: Late Bloomers Revisited)
From: John W. Baugh Jr.
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 17:10
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 17:10
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In article <440@taniwha.UUCP>, paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes: > Wirth (the 'father' of Pascal) was a member of the Algol68 committee, after > being involved in the design of the language he designed Pascal, he put in Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Wirth (and possibly Hoare) dissented with the Algol-68 committee and proposed a simpler language, which was essentially Algol-W (a nifty little language). John Baugh (jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mephisto!ncsuvx!news From: jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu (John W. Baugh Jr.) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Wirth and Algol-68 (was Re: Late Bloomers Revisited) Message-ID: <1989Dec16.171016.25453@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 16 Dec 89 17:10:16 GMT References: <440@taniwha.UUCP> <1TmbNv#4mK14j=eric@snark.uu.net> Sender: news@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 9