Re: language design after Algol 60

On Tue, 17 Apr 2018 19:08:57 +1000, Our Esteemed Moderator wrote:


[snip]


>[BTW, the current specification of Fortran is longer than that of PL/I.]
>
>[Perhaps he meant that it was impossible for *him* to master the language.
>It does have some odd rough edges, e.g., give or take my recollection of
>the syntax:
>
> DCL (A,B,C) CHAR(3);
> A = '123';
> B = '456';
> C = A+B;
>
>What does C contain? Answer: three spaces. -John]


          There was an even weirder PL/I one that I tried to find but can
not. As I recall, it was five implicit conversions that ended up with
a value opposite to the starting value.


Sincerely,


Gene Wirchenko

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