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Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:12:00 +0200
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Subject: Re: [9fans] c++
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> I remembering finding Iverson's book "A Programming Language" quite interesting.

I don't remember the book any more, but I did read the library copy in
its entirety, maybe even more than once and was thrilled when the
university almost accidentally got an APL interpreter from Univac for
their 1106.  It got me into real trouble with the cycle counters, it
was expensive to run and interactive time was even more expensive.

Today it is just a topic for nostalgic conversation, but it really
made a difference to me, it was as if a switch had been thrown in my
head.

++L