jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles) (03/05/88)
In article <1067@ut-emx.UUCP>, reeder@ut-emx.UUCP (William P. Reeder) writes: > First, 'PASCAL' isn't spelled 'Pascal', 'ALGOL' isn't spelled 'Algol', > 'C' isn't spelled 'C' (oops, experimental error :-), and 'FORTRAN' > shouldn't be spelled 'Fortran'. ANSI tried (on page I, lines 22-23) to > redefine the spelling of FORTRAN, but I reject this just as I reject S8 > as a new standard. Maybe YOU don't spell them that way, but the ISO has a rule on the consistent spelling of programming language names, and all the spellings that you claim are wrong are, in fact, the correct spellings. J. Giles Los Alamos
jay@splut.UUCP (Jay Maynard) (03/11/88)
From article <503@a.UUCP>, by jlg@a.UUCP (Jim Giles): > In article <1067@ut-emx.UUCP>, reeder@ut-emx.UUCP (William P. Reeder) writes: >> First, 'PASCAL' isn't spelled 'Pascal', 'ALGOL' isn't spelled 'Algol', >> 'C' isn't spelled 'C' (oops, experimental error :-), and 'FORTRAN' >> shouldn't be spelled 'Fortran'... > > Maybe YOU don't spell them that way, but the ISO has a rule on the consistent > spelling of programming language names, and all the spellings that you claim > are wrong are, in fact, the correct spellings. Just to continue this silly discussion one more message... I thought the reason it was FORTRAN, ALGOL, COBOL, BASIC, APL,... was because they are acronyms, while Pascal was named for a real person. Or is this too logical?? PLEASE don't followup! If you MUST correct me :-), then please do it by E-mail. We now return you to your regularly scheduled "F8X isn't FORTRAN" flames... -- Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC...>splut!< | GEnie: JAYMAYNARD CI$: 71036,1603 uucp: {uunet!nuchat,academ!uhnix1,{ihnp4,bellcore,killer}!tness1}!splut!jay Never ascribe to malice that which can adequately be explained by stupidity. The opinions herein are shared by none of my cats, much less anyone else.