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Re: BLISS

From Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx>
Newsgroups alt.folklore.computers
Subject Re: BLISS
Date 2016-06-08 10:26 +0000
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On Wed, 08 Jun 2016 02:31:20 -0700, Quadibloc wrote:

> On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 9:08:00 AM UTC-6, gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339
> wrote:
>> "Al Kossow" <aek@bitsavers.org> wrote in message
>> news:nj43bc$g0e$1@dont-email.me...
> 
>> > BLISS uses the inverse of a keyword to end a range, ie.
> 
>> > MODULE ...
>> > ...
>> > ELUDOM
> 
>> Fairy Nuff; and the allusion to Klaatu? To warn me off an interest in
>> BLISS?
> 
> I would suppose that since "eludom" looks like gibberish, the allusion
> to Klaatu was intended to poke gentle fun at the use of such
> strange-looking words in Bliss. Of course, it wasn't only BLISS that did
> this - as the ESAC of Algol 68 makes clear.

Although with Algol 68 you could avoid using CASE...ESAC by using (...) 
instead, although rather less readable!



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BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 16:10 +0100
  Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-05 15:25 +0000
  Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-05 12:25 -0400
    Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 18:41 +0100
  Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-05 12:20 -0700
    Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-05 23:08 +0100
      Re: BLISS Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-06 07:38 +0200
        Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 09:33 +0100
          Re: BLISS Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-06 13:05 +0200
            Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-06 13:35 +0000
            Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 14:54 +0100
              Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-06 08:03 -0700
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-06 16:07 +0100
                Re: BLISS Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org> - 2016-06-06 08:11 -0700
                Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-07 12:11 +0000
                Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 02:31 -0700
                Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 10:26 +0000
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 12:01 +0100
                Re: BLISS scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2016-06-06 16:48 +0000
                Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-07 16:14 -0400
      Re: BLISS JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 14:16 -0500
  Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-06 13:35 +0000
  Re: BLISS usenet@only.tnx (Questor) - 2016-06-07 21:04 +0000
    Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-07 22:30 +0000
      Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 10:23 +0100
        Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 10:24 +0000
      Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-08 12:09 +0000
        Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 12:27 +0000
        Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 07:48 -0700
          Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:21 +0000
          Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
            Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 09:32 -0700
            Re: BLISS - broken bar Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2016-06-08 15:35 -0400
              Re: BLISS - broken bar Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:52 -0400
              Re: BLISS - broken bar Joe Makowiec <makowiec@invalid.invalid> - 2016-06-09 20:11 +0000
                Re: BLISS - broken bar Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-10 06:45 -0400
          Re: BLISS jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-06-09 12:25 +0000
            Re: BLISS Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:23 -0500
              Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 08:49 -0700
            Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-09 20:07 -0400
              Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 19:11 -0700
                Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-09 19:16 -0700
      Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:09 -0500
        Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 16:05 +0000
          Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-11 19:27 +0100
            Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-11 18:46 +0000
          Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-12 09:45 -0500
    Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 10:21 +0100
    Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 07:26 -0400
      Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 11:33 +0000
        Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 13:30 +0100
          Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 14:07 +0000
            Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:39 +0100
              Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-06-08 07:56 -0700
                Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
              Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 15:27 +0000
              Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-08 11:50 -0400
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 17:13 +0100
                Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-06-09 09:37 +0000
                Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-09 10:52 -0400
              Re: BLISS Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2016-06-28 18:53 -0400
                Re: BLISS Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-28 19:47 -0400
                Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-28 20:00 -0400
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-29 09:19 +0100
                Re: BLISS "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 04:43 -0400
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-29 09:17 +0100
                Re: BLISS Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2016-07-12 17:07 -0700
                Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 14:22 +0000
                Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 14:41 +0000
                Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-07-13 16:50 +0100
                Re: BLISS mausg@mail.com - 2016-07-13 19:24 +0000
                Re: BLISS Alfred Falk <falk@arc.ab.ca> - 2016-07-13 23:13 +0000
                Re: BLISS Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-07-14 06:06 +0100
                Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-07-14 09:12 +0100
            Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-08 15:42 +0100
              Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-08 15:21 +0000
                Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 16:44 +0100
                Re: BLISS "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-06-11 10:19 -0500
                Re: BLISS Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-13 16:20 +0000
              Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 15:28 +0000
        Re: BLISS Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-08 14:40 +0100
          Re: BLISS Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> - 2016-06-08 14:08 +0000
          Re: BLISS Alan Bowler <atbowler@thinkage.ca> - 2016-07-12 19:15 -0400
            Re: BLISS David Wade <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2016-07-13 17:39 +0100
      Re: BLISS "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-08 13:29 +0100

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