On 2022-03-28 19:10, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Exaclly, especially since Algol 60 was one of the three languages
folded into PL/I.
FORTRAN, not Algol, was the starting-point for PL/I.
It was even called FORTRAN VI.
Features of both Algol and COBOL were incorporated into
the language.
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Hi R'Shmuel AMV"SH,
Like ALGOL and Pascal?
Regards,
David
On 2022-03-27 22:52, Seymour J Metz wrote:
Personally, I wish that IBM had chosen ":=" for assignment.
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