Infocom on PDP-11

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Sean" == Sean Conner <spc at conman.org> writes:

 Sean> It was thus said that the Great Fred Cisin once stated:
 >>  Most particularly Dijkstra.
 >> 
 >> But you might enjoy some of his other statements, such as:
 >> 
 >> <QUOTE> FORTRAN --"the infantile disorder"--, by now nearly 20
 >> years old, is ...  PL/I --"the fatal disease"-- belongs more to
 >> the problem set than ...  The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its
 >> teaching should, therefore, ...  APL is a mistake, carried through
 >> to perfection. It is the language ...  </QUOTE>

 Sean> Um ... what language *did* he like then?

Algol 60.  After all, he was involved in its creation.  Then again,
his later work was done in a paper language, somewhat Algol-like but
without the quirks.  It would be an interesting classroom project to
create a formal grammar and compiler for that.

But not Algol 68.  I once made the mistake of mentioning Algol 68 to
him.  I got an earful.  I think it took me half an hour to extricate
myself from that one...

       paul