From: fjh@munta.cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject: Re: Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help]
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 15:37:33 GMT
Date: 1995-02-06T15:37:33+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9503802.3538@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 132301@cup.portal.com
R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com writes:
>Hmm, just wondering, but has there ever been a computer programming
>language similar in "syntax" to Latin? (using "prefixes"/"suffixes"
>only instead of order to indicate which identifers were refering
>to the procedures/functions and which to data sources or destinations).
>
>Most programming languages seem to use order related syntaxes
>(e.g. prefix, infix, or postfix operator notation)...
Prolog uses case to distinguish between variables (which are data
sources/ destinations) and atoms (which Prolog uses for constants,
functions, and procedures). Variables must start with an uppercase
letter (or an underscore) while atoms must start with a lowercase
letter (or be quoted).
--
Fergus Henderson - fjh@munta.cs.mu.oz.au
all [L] (programming_language(L), L \= "Mercury") => better("Mercury", L) ;-)
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1995-02-06 15:37 ` Fergus Henderson [this message]
1995-02-07 14:43 ` Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help] John Volan
1995-02-09 20:58 ` Mike Bates
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1995-02-10 15:19 ` Jules
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1995-01-22 18:06 ` ADA Objects Help! Robert Dewar
1995-01-24 22:18 ` Norman H. Cohen
1995-01-25 1:26 ` swdecato
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1995-01-28 21:46 ` John DiCamillo
1995-01-30 22:50 ` Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help] John Volan
1995-02-01 14:33 ` Norman H. Cohen
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1995-02-06 10:32 ` Robb Nebbe
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1995-02-06 14:01 ` John Volan
1995-02-01 22:37 ` Maarten Landzaat
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1995-02-07 14:39 ` John Volan
1995-02-09 2:25 ` David Weller
1995-01-29 18:19 ` ADA Objects Help! mat
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1995-02-07 23:04 ` Subject/Object Confusion Syndrome [was: Ada Objects Help] John Volan
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