From: z007400b@bc.seflin.org (Ralph Silverman)
Subject: Re: International Algorithmic language
Date: 1997/08/19
Date: 1997-08-19T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5tcma6$5td@nntp.seflin.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 33F1C6AB.25A3@lsl.co.uk
Nick Wagg (nickw@lsl.co.uk) wrote:
: 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.
: --
: Nick Wagg (mailto:nickw@lsl.co.uk) Laser-Scan Ltd,
: Senior Software Engineer Science Park, Milton Rd,
: Tel: +44(0)1223 420414 (ext 213) Cambridge, CB4 4FY, UK.
: Fax: +44(0)1223 420044 http://www.lsl.co.uk/
lately found an old
cassette recorder and,
noticed symbols for
operation ...
[] ( box )
pause
<< ( double left wedge )
fast forward
< ( single left wedge )
normal advance
>> ( double right wedge )
reverse ( fast )
o ( circle )
record
( non - standard eject found ... )
now ...
^ ( up arrow )
eject
...
recognize these ?
increasingly ...
certain symbolic ideas in
programming
have come to have similar currency
...
{ }
replacing,
BEGIN END
( program block )
==
replacing,
.EQ.
( logical comparison )
and symbols for shifts ...
<< >>
( left shift ) ( right shift )
and pointer operations,
*, &
...
etc.
about the biggest remaining problems
for fundamental symbols are
loops
and
derived data types ...
( structures ) ...
shall we stall over whether a loop
should should be represented by
next
up to
down to
do ... while
while ... do
etc. ?
--
Ralph Silverman
z007400b@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us
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Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-08-08 0:00 International Algorithmic language Ralph Silverman
1997-08-10 0:00 ` Robert Munck
1997-08-12 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman
1997-08-12 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
1997-08-30 0:00 ` script_name variable returning html page name calling script ?? Mickael
1997-09-03 0:00 ` Eric James DeArment
1997-08-13 0:00 ` International Algorithmic language Nick Wagg
1997-08-19 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman [this message]
1997-08-19 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-21 0:00 ` Rune Moberg
1997-08-22 0:00 ` R.E.Donais
1997-08-15 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman
1997-08-17 0:00 ` Nick Andrew
1997-08-17 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-18 0:00 ` Nick Andrew
1997-08-20 0:00 ` Rune Moberg
[not found] ` <33F771E2.363E18E9@hotmail.com>
1997-08-18 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-08-20 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman
1997-08-22 0:00 ` Ralph Silverman
1997-08-26 0:00 ` Boyd Roberts
[not found] <5s7tpq$gjt@nntp.seflin.org>
1997-08-05 0:00 ` International Algorithmic Language W. Wesley Groleau x4923
1997-08-06 0:00 ` John M. Mills
1997-08-05 0:00 ` Borg
1997-08-06 0:00 ` John Gluth
[not found] ` <5sa97g$o4l@falcon.le.ac.uk>
1997-08-06 0:00 ` Chris Waters
1997-08-06 0:00 ` John Gluth
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