11 May
2005
11 May
'05
11:51 a.m.
>>>> "Gooijen" == Gooijen H
<Gooijen> writes:
Gooijen> Ah yes, good memories! At the Technical High School in
Gooijen> Heerlen (very southern part of Holland) our computer class
Gooijen> program tasks were written in BEATHE. I can't remember what
Gooijen> the B and E stand for, but the "ATHE" stand for Algol(60)
Gooijen> Technical High school Eindhoven.
That's Burroughs Extended Algol THE edition. Different language.
It's essentially the standard Burroughs Extended Algol (for the
B6700), modified to look more like the older Algol of the THE system.
(The THE system ran on a Philips EL-X8.)
I only used BEATHE briefly; my recollection is that it used quotes to
mark ALGOL keywords rather than reserved words, i.e.,
'i'f i=1 't'h'e'n ...
instead of
if i=1 then ...
which added no real value but did use up a lot more cards and
finger-power...
paul