From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad36,eb29ffe585cb20aa X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad36,public X-Google-Thread: 10261c,eb29ffe585cb20aa X-Google-Attributes: gid10261c,public X-Google-Thread: fc89c,eb29ffe585cb20aa X-Google-Attributes: gidfc89c,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,eb29ffe585cb20aa X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 10cc59,eb29ffe585cb20aa X-Google-Attributes: gid10cc59,public From: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) Subject: Re: International Algorithmic language Date: 1997/08/12 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 263764644 References: <5sfeus$a1i@nntp.seflin.org> <5spvub$qns@nntp.seflin.org> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.lang.pascal,comp.lang.pascal.misc,comp.lang.ada,comp.unix.programmer Date: 1997-08-12T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: In article <5spvub$qns@nntp.seflin.org>, 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 ... One good idea when writing English, is to use capital letters at the start of sentences, and periods at the end, and to form sensible paragraphs from them. Are you trying to pretend you're writing poetry? Sheesh. [... Various ideas for making a language with the worst qualities of C, combined with the worst qualities of APL, snipped.] - Bob