Sujet : Re: The joy of FORTRAN
De : bowman (at) *nospam* montana.com (rbowman)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.misc alt.folklore.computersDate : 25. Sep 2024, 00:45:51
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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:14:04 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
PL/I was IBM’s attempt at a Grand Unification of both “business” and
“scientific” programming in one language. If you thought C++ programming
was full of surprises when your program did unexpected things, PL/I
invented the whole genre of “surprise-ridden programming language”
IBM was always so modest. Programming Language One. A Programming
Language.
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