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Article #6584Re: *66, *68, *77, etc...
From: Andrew P. Mullhaupt
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1989 17:43
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 1989 17:43
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In article <6377@wpi.wpi.edu>, jhallen@wpi.wpi.edu (Joseph H Allen) writes: > Which was the first 'year' language? I.E., like algol68, fortran66, and > forth79 ? > > I bet it's fortran, but what year? Bet it's not - Algol 60 (the successor to the first Algol, which did not go by year number...) is earlier than all year-numbered FORTRANs. Note: Some people referred to Algol 60 simply as 'Algol' just as many people often referred to FORTRAN 66 as FORTRAN IV. The first language not to also have a yearless name might well be Algol 68. Later, Andrew Mullhaupt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mstan!amull From: amull@Morgan.COM (Andrew P. Mullhaupt) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: *66, *68, *77, etc... Summary: Here's my guess... Message-ID: <628@s5.Morgan.COM> Date: 28 Dec 89 17:43:56 GMT References: <6377@wpi.wpi.edu> Organization: Morgan Stanley & Co. NY, NY Lines: 17