Re: Wirth quote (was: OMI instead of Java! (was: Weird Idea: Applying the "JAVA principle"))

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From: Peter Landmann
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:11

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M. Gallo wrote:

> >   'C is a whith syntax sugared assembler' (N. Wirth)
> 
> I think that lost a little in the translation.  Maybe, "C is
> assembler sugared with syntax" ???

Yes, sorry for my bad english. The original quote was:

'C ist ein mit Syntax verzuckerter Assembler'

(from an interview with Niklaus Wirth in the german 'Amiga-Magazin' 
10/89, p. 14)

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Subject: Re: Wirth quote (was: OMI instead of Java! (was: Weird Idea: Applying the "JAVA principle"))
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 1996 16:11:35 +0000
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