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=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ce0900b60ca3f616 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-09 10:27:22 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!skynet.be!skynet.be!freenix!enst!enst.fr!not-for-mail From: "M. A. Alves" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Lazy Evaluation [Side-Effects in Functions] Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:27:10 +0000 (GMT) Organization: ENST, France Sender: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: marvin.enst.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: avanie.enst.fr 1005330440 35131 137.194.161.2 (9 Nov 2001 18:27:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@enst.fr NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 18:27:20 +0000 (UTC) To: Return-Path: X-X-Sender: In-Reply-To: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: comp.lang.ada mail<->news gateway List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Errors-To: comp.lang.ada-admin@ada.eu.org X-BeenThere: comp.lang.ada@ada.eu.org Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:16160 Date: 2001-11-09T18:27:10+00:00 On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Ted Dennison wrote: > In article <5ee5b646.0111070354.55494ec2@posting.google.com>, Robert Dewar > says... > >Well yes, we all know Algol-60! (or at least I hope any > >serious student of programming languages does). But there > > I have to say I don't, and unless there's a free PC implmentation floating > around somewhere, that's not liable to change. I may have learned some stuff > about it indirectly, but I won't say I "know" a language unless I've used it at > least a little. > > So it seems you permanently restricting the set of "serious students of > programming languages" to folks who were around when Algol-60 compilers were > commonly available. Yes. Well, I am sure Dewar was not expecting such _practical_ knowledge of Algol from all such students ;-) -- , M A R I O data miner, LIACC, room 221 tel 351+226078830, ext 121 A M A D O Rua Campo Alegre, 823 fax 351+226003654 A L V E S P-4150 PORTO, Portugal mob 351+939354002