Infocom on PDP-11
Paul Koning
pkoning at equallogic.com
Wed May 11 08:54:13 CDT 2005
>>>>> "Allison" == Allison <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> writes:
Allison> Having programmed in algol on the PDP-8 back when it was a
Allison> real eye opener for a new basic programmer. The PDP-8
Allison> Timeshare didn't know strings.
Standard Algol 60 doesn't either -- it has string constants but not
string variables. Those are a Burroughs extension, and PDP-8 Algol is
a Burroughs Extended Algol subset.
paul
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