Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!math.fu-berlin.de!dww From: dww@math.fu-berlin.de (Debora Weber-Wulff) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Algol68 Message-ID: Date: 18 Mar 91 18:33:12 GMT References: <3787@bruce.cs.monash.OZ.AU> <1991Mar8.202516.10401@praxis.co.uk> <1991Mar11.123405.17814@bellcore.bellcore.com> <9168@castle.ed.ac.uk> Sender: news@math.fu-berlin.de (Math Department) Organization: Free University of Berlin, Germany Lines: 17 Why is Algol 68 not being used? Well, it seems to have every feature ever needed, and is thus rather difficult to read and learn. Tony Hoare wrote about "The Emperor`s New Clothes" a while back, in which he politely explains why less is better. Sure, it has some nice stuff (like "own" variables), but look at the definition - what is it, 5 cm thick? All the same, I'd like to hear about "real" software (as opposed to programming exercises) that have been programmed in it. -- Debbie -- Debora Weber-Wulff snail: FU Berlin, ZI Fachdidaktiken, Habelschwerdter Allee 45, W-1000 Berlin 33 email: weberwu@inf.fu-berlin.de, dww@math.fu-berlin.de