Proposed new syntax
Steve D'Aprano
steve+python at pearwood.info
Fri Aug 18 00:39:31 EDT 2017
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.
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