On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:31:41 -0000, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:02:03 -0000, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Wade" wrote in message
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"John Laird" wrote in message
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Correct. Lisp and Algol predated Cobol, too.

Nostalgia: I used to be quite proficient in Algol 60; never could
understand
why anyone could prefer Fortran...

I was taught by one of the men who formed Algol, and another who
developed
the LCD display.


.. and who were they?

lecturers of course. duh!!

In trigonometry, no doubt... obtuse angles.....


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..andy

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