1 May
2024
1 May
'24
11:43 p.m.
APL is very much alive - it was invented in the '60s.
Lisp is slightly older and it, as well, is still in active use - and it's older than
FORTRAN, which was the inspiration for BASIC.
From: "Sellam Abraham via cctalk" <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
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Cc: "Sellam Abraham" <sellam.ismail(a)gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2024 4:37:46 PM
Subject: [cctalk] Re: BASIC
On Wed, May 1, 2024 at 4:36 PM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
To be sure, BASIC was hardly unique in terms of the
1960s interactive
programming languages. We had JOSS, PILOT, IITRAN and a host of others,
based on FORTRAN-ish syntax. not to forget APL, which was a thing apart.
--Chuck
And where are all those other languages today?
I rest my case.
;)
Sellam