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> ALGOL-68 would later implement both of them but also be a curious dead end in language history; it would have little impact on modern programming languages.
by zeckalpha 1y ago
> ALGOL-68 would later implement both of them but also be a curious dead end in language history; it would have little impact on modern programming languages.
I chuckled at this one because I consider most modern languages to be homomorphic to Algol-68.
- AnimalMuppet 1y agoTo all of Algol-68? Or just to a subset of it? I think that there was a part of Algol-68 that took over the world. That part has been table stakes for a "real" language ever since. But, if I understand correctly, Algol-68 had some weird corners, too, and I'm not sure that other languages kept those.