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The original COBOL had them, maybe it's not surprising, it's a pretty natural metaphor for a business language. Fortran, Lisp and Algol 60 didn't have them. So
by kryptiskt 7y ago
The original COBOL had them, maybe it's not surprising, it's a pretty natural metaphor for a business language. Fortran, Lisp and Algol 60 didn't have them. So I guess we can thank the bean counters for the idea.