eric@snark.uu.net (Eric S. Raymond) (12/13/89)
A couple of well-informed comp.arch regulars have suggested that I may
have been a bit too peremptory in dismissing Algol68's influence on later
language development. I will still argue vigorously that the Pascal family
was founded on Algol-60 (consider the relative dates) but I admit that there's
a case for tracing C casts and some aspects of its type system to Algol68.
Would dmr or anyone else with certain knowledge care to comment?
Followups to comp.lang.misc *only* this time...
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