I'm sad to learn in life that programming languages, and so many other things I
thought were objective, turn out to be mostly a function of human trendy tribalism 🙂
-- Roger Arrick -- Tyler, Texas, USA -- Roger(a)Arrick.com --
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From: Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2025 3:31 PM
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Cc: Wayne S <wayne.sudol(a)hotmail.com>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: Try Algol 68 on Windows
Re: “Algol seemed to vanish off the face of the earth. “
I think the popularity of languages is due to how trendy they are to teach in Colleges.
Witness the popularity of Python. That’s being taught in school these days.
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On Jan 13, 2025, at 13:11, Paul Koning via cctalk
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Algol seemed to vanish off the face of the earth.