Algol W [was: Microsoft open sources GWBASIC]

[ben]

On 5/27/2020 2:42 PM, Toby Thain via cctalk wrote:

> It's easily worked around. This is how a lot of people code today in
> relatively modern languages:
> 
> https://imgur.com/ESMFgNb

Arg a web page!
The first thing that comes to mind is "How many terrabytes" for "hello 
World".
This might mean modern for most people,but a language that has no leaky 
memory
might be more useful, or say easy to use lists like in lisp.

> --Toby
> 
> [Fira Code fwiw]

Modern machines have many good features, but they all are the
blah-humbug copies of each other. Blinking light computers on the other 
hand...

Ben.