On Sunday 05 Jun 2011 12:16:33 AM Alan Kay wrote:
> People of my generation (50 years ago) were used to learning and using
> many  syntaxes (e.g. one might learn as many as 20 or more machine
> code/assembler languages, plus 10 or more HLLs, both kinds with more
> variability in form and intent than today).
Learning multiple languages didn't stop with your generation ;-). In the 80s, 
the fashion of the day was not only to learn many languages but also invent 
your own! One of the languages was called JOVIAL, an acronym for Jules Own 
Version of Algol!

;-) .. Subbu

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