The essential ideas of Algol 68 were that the whole language should be
precisely defined and that all the pieces should fit together smoothly.
The basic idea behind Pascal was that it didn't matter how vague the
language specification was (it took *years* to clarify) or how many
rough edges there were, as long as the CDC Pascal compiler was fast.
-- Richard A. O'Keefe
precisely defined and that all the pieces should fit together smoothly.
The basic idea behind Pascal was that it didn't matter how vague the
language specification was (it took *years* to clarify) or how many
rough edges there were, as long as the CDC Pascal compiler was fast.
-- Richard A. O'Keefe
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