Structured Fortran - was Re: Self modifying code, lambda calculus

[ben]

On 9/23/2015 2:39 AM, ANDY HOLT wrote:
>> From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
>
> …
>> After all, languages are supposed to expose features
>> of the underlying machine to the programmer.
>
> Many believe that the purpose of languages is to HIDE (abstract) the underlying
> machine.

The 60's idea that MACROS could do that seems to have faded away.
Ben.