Hi Subbu Check out when Jules Schwartz actual did Jovial. And the acronym was actually "Jules' Own Version of the International Algebraic Language"
Cheers, Alan ________________________________ From: K. K. Subramaniam <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Alan Kay <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 8:34:08 AM Subject: Re: [fonc] languages 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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