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From: Nick Wagg <nickw@lsl.co.uk>
Subject: Re: International Algorithmic language
Date: 1997/08/13
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To: Ralph Silverman <z007400b@bc.seflin.org>
Organization: Laser-Scan Ltd.
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Date: 1997-08-13T00:00:00+00:00
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Ralph Silverman wrote:
> 
>         internationalization of algorithmic language
> 
>         one good idea involved in
>                 the 'c' programming language
>         is the replacement of 'eurocentric'
>         expressions in the 'operational heart'
>         of the language,  with more international
>         expressions ...

On the one hand I can see the use, but on the other hand, it seems like
political correctness gone mad.

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