pmk@hall.cray.com (Peter Klausler) (08/25/87)
In article <6333@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes: > The really annoying thing is that IBM was on the committee that came > up with the ASCII code, but they then proceeded to introduce EBCDIC ^(1) > and totally ignore ASCII for many years. (Sounds like the Algol story, ^(2) > doesn't it?) (1) EBCDIC predates ASCII, I believe. (2) FORTRAN ('57) predates Algol ('58, '60). Seems to me that IBM participated in the development of new technology while continuing to support what their customers wanted to use. Makes sense to me, although I'm not also not terribly happy with the results. Why were all these decisions made before I was born, anyway? - Peter Klausler @ compiler development @ Cray Research, Inc. @ Mendota Heights, MN.