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From: jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu (John W. Baugh Jr.)
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Subject: Wirth and Algol-68 (was Re: Late Bloomers Revisited)
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Date: 16 Dec 89 17:10:16 GMT
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In article <440@taniwha.UUCP>, paul@taniwha.UUCP (Paul Campbell) writes:
> Wirth (the 'father' of Pascal) was a member of the Algol68 committee, after
> being involved in the design of the language he designed Pascal, he put in

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe Wirth (and possibly Hoare) dissented
with the Algol-68 committee and proposed a simpler language, which was
essentially Algol-W (a nifty little language).

John Baugh (jwb@cepmax.ncsu.edu)