[OT] Algol68 Was: That's while I love C++ over C

From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.c++
Subject	[OT] Algol68 Was: That's while I love C++ over C
Date	2021-11-06 17:13 +0000
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scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:

> And as a former Burroughs employee, I would never have called Algol68
> elegent.

I'm curious as to why.  Yes, I know the history, but why was "being
there" such a factor in your assessment?

-- 
Ben.

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That's while I love C++ over C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-11-03 20:39 +0100
  Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-03 20:28 +0000
    Re: That's while I love C++ over C Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-11-05 21:59 +0000
      Re: That's while I love C++ over C Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 17:25 -0500
        Re: That's while I love C++ over C red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2021-11-05 16:24 -0700
          Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-05 23:46 +0000
            Re: That's while I love C++ over C Tony Oliver <guinness.tony@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 17:48 -0700
              Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-06 01:40 +0000
              Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 02:32 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2021-11-05 20:18 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 04:48 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-11-06 00:34 -0400
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:48 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2021-11-05 22:26 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 07:37 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 07:36 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ike Naar <ike@sdf.org> - 2021-11-06 06:59 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-11-06 11:12 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 11:08 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 15:03 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-11-06 19:12 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-06 18:57 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 20:50 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-06 11:44 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 13:18 +0000
            Re: That's while I love C++ over C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-11-06 10:58 +0100
              Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-06 12:00 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2021-11-06 07:04 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-11-06 15:50 +0100
            Re: That's while I love C++ over C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-06 14:43 +0000
              [OT] Algol68 Was: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 17:13 +0000
                Re: [OT] Algol68 Was: That's while I love C++ over C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-11-06 20:16 +0000
                Re: [OT] Algol68 Was: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-06 20:25 +0000
          Re: That's while I love C++ over C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 21:59 -0700
            Re: That's while I love C++ over C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:23 -0700
              Re: That's while I love C++ over C red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2021-11-05 22:27 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C red floyd <no.spam.here@its.invalid> - 2021-11-05 22:28 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:46 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-11-05 22:46 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-11-06 12:25 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 13:27 -0700
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Manfred <noname@add.invalid> - 2021-11-07 00:38 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2021-11-07 00:33 +0000
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2021-11-07 15:10 +0100
                Re: That's while I love C++ over C James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2021-11-08 01:47 -0500
      Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bart <bc@freeuk.com> - 2021-11-05 23:35 +0000
      Re: That's while I love C++ over C Bonita Montero <Bonita.Montero@gmail.com> - 2021-11-06 07:33 +0100

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