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I think the bourne shell if..then..else..fi syntax is derived from Algol.
by bashinator 14y ago
I think the bourne shell if..then..else..fi syntax is derived from Algol.
- dandrews 14y agoAccording to the ALGOL 68 page at Wikipedia: "Steve Bourne, who was on the Algol 68 revision committee, took some of its ideas to his Bourne shell (and thereby, to descendant shells such as Bash) and to C (and thereby to descendants such as C++)."