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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> writes:

> "Dan'l Miller" <optikos@verizon.net> writes:
>> C's syntax derives directly from B.  (B descended from BCPL at Multics
>> but BCPL had a more Algol-esque/PL/I-lite syntax.)  B originated in
>> 1969.
>
> Yes, Algol (starting 1958) is considerably older in computing history.
> I do see that BCPL used curly braces though.

That's relatively recent.  The 1967 description is neutral on the exact
characters.  It uses a section sign and an underlines section sign.  The
implementation I am familiar with used $( and $).

<snip>
-- 
Ben.