Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcrware!jejones
From: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Algol 60 vs Algol 68 (was "stack machines (Burroughs)")
Summary: coercion inherited?
Message-ID: <711@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 18 Jun 88 13:29:52 GMT
References: <1521@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <1532@pt.cs.cmu.edu> <476@pcrat.UUCP> <125@quintus.UUCP>
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In article <125@quintus.UUCP>, ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
> I do not understand why people claim a relationship between C and Algol 68.
> C is BCPL + Pascal types.

I would think that C coercions were inspired somewhat by Algol 68 (but with
considerable sleaze added--Algol 68 wouldn't let you do many of the coercions
that C swallows without a peep.)

		James Jones