From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] pascal, TeX In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 13 Dec 2001 13:02:24 -0500." Message-ID: <28391.1008266987@apnic.net> From: George Michaelson Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 04:09:47 +1000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 354add48-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > I think a macro processor remains a fundamentally good thing. Else > > how could Bourne have programmed his shell in Pascal? > > ITYM Algol-68. > correctamundo. my call by reference to the name failed to get the right value. God, I never came to terms with that language. anything beyond a 3 line hello world was beyond me. Still, that two lines more than the APL I wrote. cheers -George -- George Michaelson | APNIC Email: ggm@apnic.net | PO Box 2131 Milton QLD 4064 Phone: +61 7 3367 0490 | Australia Fax: +61 7 3367 0482 | http://www.apnic.net