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And yet C, which had no spec at the time, beat out Algol, which had one.
by pcwalton 7y ago
And yet C, which had no spec at the time, beat out Algol, which had one.
- pjmlp 7y agoYou had to pay for Algol compilers, while C came for free with UNIX tapes that landed on university labs out of Bell Labs.