> It sounds like the first IDE to bold keywords may have been MacPascal, which was written for a monochrome display. In that case it makes sense: with a monochr

> It sounds like the first IDE to bold keywords may have been MacPascal, which was written for a monochrome display. In that case it makes sense: with a monochrome display and one font, they could either make keywords bold or make everything else bold, and keywords was the less-intrusive option. MacPascal's bold keywords almost certainly descend from the Algol 60 report¹. ¹ http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/report/Algol60_report_CACM_1960_June.pdf/view http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/report/Al...