Mike Meyer mwm at mired.org
Fri Dec 17 16:00:54 EST 2004

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"not [quite] more i squared" <ruses at users.ch> writes:

> Adam DePrince wrote:
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>>>Given the hardware constraints of the early 1980s, which
>>>language do you think should have been used instead of BASIC?
>> Lisp
>> Forth
> Exactly my pick

Logo (my pick) has been called "Lisp without the parenthesis". It has
the advantage of using standard algebraic notation for formulas,
instead of operator post or pre.

        <mike
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