Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think!linus!community-chest!mitchell From: mitchell@community-chest.uucp (George Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Late Bloomers Revisited Summary: Why not ALGOL? Message-ID: <85180@linus.UUCP> Date: 29 Dec 89 18:25:31 GMT References: <1517@aber-cs.UUCP> <5455@bd.sei.cmu.edu> <18510@netnews.upenn.edu> Sender: news@linus.UUCP Reply-To: gmitchel@mitre.org (George Mitchell) Organization: MITRE-McLean Software Engineering Laboratory Lines: 9 In article <18510@netnews.upenn.edu> farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber) wrote: >In hinesight it was the right path; PL/1 was not a easy >language to compile for but there was NO other route. Why not ALGOL? /s/ George vmail: 703/883-6029 email: mitchell@community-chest.mitre.org [alt: gmitchel@mitre.arpa] snail: GB Mitchell, MITRE, MS Z676, 7525 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102