On 2020-05-27 4:25 PM, ben via cctalk wrote: > On 5/27/2020 1:45 PM, Paul McJones via cctalk wrote: > >> Gogol is a simple, integer arithmetic language used under the PDP-1 >> time sharing system at Stanford. This memorandum includes the >> syntactical definition of the language and a number of sample programs >> as well as a brief description of the operational characteristics of >> the compiler. Gogol was designed to permit fast compilation of >> efficient machine code directly into memory. The speed of compilation >> together with the accessibility of the text editor make program de- >> bugging relatively rapid. The examples presented here plus the >> availability of the compiler should form an adequate basis for >> learning to use the language. More detailed information depends >> heavily on a knowledge of PDP-1 hardware. >> >> https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jy391jj5758/jy391jj5758.pdf >> > Interesting the asignment is -> (arrow) and the right side of > expression. Ascii dropping the arrow symbol may have messed up a few > langauges. > Ben. >
It's easily worked around. This is how a lot of people code today in relatively modern languages: https://imgur.com/ESMFgNb --Toby [Fira Code fwiw]
