On Fri, 18 Aug 2017 01:11 am, Lew Pitcher wrote: > Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>> I guess we have C to blame for the redefinition of the word "for" in >> programmers' minds. > > Sorry, but that use of "for" was part of the programmer's lexicon well > before the invention of C. Computer languages have inherited and used it > since (at least) 1948. That can't be right! Programming wasn't invented until 1972, when C sprung forth, fully formed and perfect, with no predecessors, from the mind of Dennis Ritchie! *wink* I wish people knew more about the history of programming. -- Steve “Cheer up,” they said, “things could be worse.” So I cheered up, and sure enough, things got worse. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
