Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers?

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On 2023-10-29 23:26, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> On 10/27/23 5:57 PM, Luke A. Guest wrote:
>
>> I don't really consider any of Wirth's languages to be designed as
>> they would not have the gaping big holes they have.
>
> The *languages* are all well designed, system *libraries* are incomplete
> or missing.

I recall that Wirth also modified the language based on difficulty of
implementation, i.e. compiler and language born together.

OF
[That was certainly the case with AlgolW and PL360. -John]

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  Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers? "minf...@arcor.de" <minforth@arcor.de> - 2023-10-27 03:19 -0700
  Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers? "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> - 2023-10-27 16:57 +0100
    Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers? Hans-Peter Diettrich <DrDiettrich1@netscape.net> - 2023-10-30 04:26 +0100
      Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers? OrangeFish9737 <OrangeFish9737@invalid.invalid> - 2023-10-30 10:02 -0400
      Re: Which comes first, languages or compilers? "Luke A. Guest" <laguest@archeia.com> - 2023-10-30 20:35 +0000
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