8 Feb
2010
8 Feb
'10
10:42 a.m.
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I remember the Algol-FORTRAN
cross-pond war of the 60s and 70s. :)
Now I wonder, "who won?" :)
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The easy answer is "C" :-)
You can look at it at least two ways:
* C has the structure of Algol with most of the dirty tricks and efficiency
of FORTRAN.
* C derives from multiple paths -
One of these ia PL/I (which derives from Fortran, Algol, and COBOL)
Another is from B which comes from BCPL which comes from CPL which was
essentially an extended Algol
However it seems that the saying: "I don't know what language engineers will
use in the future, but I know they'll call it Fortran." has mostly
turned-out mistaken.
Andy