If C were called Algol SC [Algol With Special Characters, e.g. using {
instead of BEGIN, } instead of END, &c] then there would be absolutely no
talk about "Algol vanishing off the face of the earth".Almost all commonly used languages use Algol SC syntax. C++, Java... even JavaScript even though JavaScript semantics are much more like LISP. I'd say that, looking at the first three languages (LISP, FORTRAN, Algol 60), Algol won the syntax war and most of the semantics war, with LISP semantics coming in second. FORTRAN was a dead end, both in syntax (line-oriented, line numbers) and semantics (common blocks, static arrays, very poor string support). Oops, forgot COBOL. I honestly have never programmed in COBOL. But its syntax seems dead and its semantics are now just standard formatting libraries. On Mon, Jan 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > Re: “Algol seemed to vanish off the face of the earth. “ > > I think the popularity of languages is due to how trendy they are to teach > in Colleges. > Witness the popularity of Python. That’s being taught in school these days. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jan 13, 2025, at 13:11, Paul Koning via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > > Algol seemed to vanish off the face of the earth. >
