Inline On Jun 6, 2011, at 10:48 AM, Alan Kay <alan.n...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> It was ... and is mostly associated with what came to be called Algol 58, but > not Algol 60. > > Another way to look at it is that "almost all systems are difficult to > maintain down the line" -- partly because they were not designed with this in > mind -- and this is true for most programming languages. However, I don't > think this is necessary, but more an artifact of incomplete design. This, and design drift, wherein over time various forms of pseudo-arch get piled up and end up jutting out at weird angles:) > Cheers, > > Alan >
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