Re: First language with conditional assignment?

"robin" <robin51@dodo.com.au>
Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:57:51 +1100

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From: "robin" <robin51@dodo.com.au>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 14:57:51 +1100
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 11-03-006
Keywords: syntax, history, question
Posted-Date: 05 Mar 2011 10:36:54 EST



>Does anyone know what the earliest languages supporting conditional
>assignment were?


There's Algol from c. 1960, with things like:


a := if e > f then b else c;


As for me, I don't like conditional assignments,
much preferring the traditional form --


if e > f then a := b else a := c;



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