13 Sep
2007
13 Sep
'07
5:56 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Well, make that seven. I remember JOVIAL (it's
all caps BTW).
Now that IS a blast from the past. "Jules Own Version of the
International Algebraic Language", sort of like Algol on crack.
My interactions with it were mercifully brief. I recall that
diagnostics from the compiler were pretty much limited to printing out
the offending line followed by a new line and the message "Error above".
A subsequent version of the compiler had enhanced diagnostics,
replacing "Error above" with "Error above, eh?"
*shudders*
Chris
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