Re: OT: What was the first programming language to use

[jayessay <nospam@foo.com>]

Kilgallen@SpamCop.net (Larry Kilgallen) writes:

> In article <m3y86yak0v.fsf@rr.trudgett>, David Trudgett
> <wpower@zeta.org.au.nospamplease>  writes:
> > Robert A Duff <bobduff@shell01.TheWorld.com> writes:
> 
> >> An important difference between Ada's generics and most macro systems
> > 
> > A small quibble, perhaps: I don't think one can use the phrase "most
> > macro systems" for the simple reason that (as far as I'm aware) no
> > language family besides the Lisp one has a macro system (in the sense
> > that Lisp has it -- they may well use the same word, but C language
> > "macros", for instance, are a completely different beast).
> 
> Bliss macros are also entirely different from C macros.

Agreed, but Bliss macros are still no where near Lisp macros.


> A difference between Lisp and C does not automatically make Lisp
> the only language with the right to use the word "system".

I don't see where he said anything about it having the "only right" to
the term.


/Jon

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