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From: choo@cs.yale.edu (young-il choo)
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Subject: Re: Algol availability
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Date: 1 Mar 90 19:08:44 GMT
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In-reply-to: anw@maths.nott.ac.uk's message of 1 Mar 90 11:53:46 GMT


In article <1990Mar1.115346.17815@maths.nott.ac.uk> anw@maths.nott.ac.uk (Dr A. N. Walker) writes:

anw> 	If CHL is reading this group, perhaps he could supply us with a
anw> more up-to-date listing of availability than was in the last AB?

I would like to strongly second this motion.

anw> 	Algol 68 arrays are *so* *nice* to *use* compared with those in all
anw> the other popular languages (arbitrary slices, flex, lwb/upb operators,
anw> assignation, mode [type] of element, etc.), without significant loss of
anw> efficiency, that I've never understood why more modern languages didn't
anw> at least start from the same sort of model.

I propose we start a "Vindicate Algol 68!" movement.

--  Young-il Choo

    Yale Computer Science  New Haven  CT 06520-2158
    choo-young-il@yale.edu