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Ridiculous amounts of US weaponry are still dependant on JOVIAL, a slightly younger language whose claim to fame is adding what many people would now call "stru
by p_l 4y ago
Ridiculous amounts of US weaponry are still dependant on JOVIAL, a slightly younger language whose claim to fame is adding what many people would now call "structs" to Algol.
Getting rid of it was one of the reasons for Ada mandate, but as usual exceptions made it hard (PATRIOT is reportedly heavily JOVIAL based and a shitshow to program)