Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border4.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: chris dollin Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Have we reached the asymptotic plateau of innovation in programming languages Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 14:21:26 +0100 Organization: Compilers Central Lines: 16 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <12-06-022@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: leila.iecc.com 1339250301 38319 64.57.183.58 (9 Jun 2012 13:58:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 13:58:21 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: design, history Posted-Date: 09 Jun 2012 09:58:21 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:683 Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson said: > Another point to make. Why do we assign from right to left? Is it in > any way natural? What's wrong with > > a + b --> c "a plus b assigned to c" Pop11 assignments run source-to-target as you write above (using -> rather than -->), partly because of its use of an open stack for expression evaluation. Chris -- Chris "allusive" Dollin