15 Feb
2019
15 Feb
'19
3:17 p.m.
Pascal was his creation.
At 15 Feb 2019 06:09:01 +0000 (+00:00) from Dave Horsfall <dave(a)horsfall.org>:
Almost forgot...
Born on this day in 1934, he pretty much invented ALGOL (and algorithmic
languages in general; the running joke was that you could call him by
name or by value)... From Clem Cole: "The actual joke was Europeans
called him by name ("ni-klaus vurt") and Americans by value ("nickel-less
worth").
-- Dave