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- From: mjl@bos.locus.com (Mike Leibensperger)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.pop
- Subject: Why is POP here? (was Re: help)
- Message-ID: <MJL.92Nov12133319@rigel.bos.locus.com>
- Date: 12 Nov 92 18:33:19 GMT
- References: <MSANGHVI.92Nov11225549@cs.ulowell.edu>
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- In-Reply-To: bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU's message of 12 Nov 1992 16: 08:48 GMT
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- In article <1dtvigINNksp@agate.berkeley.edu>
- bh@anarres.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Brian Harvey) writes:
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- POP is a programming language developed in the 1970s in England.
- It combines an Algol-like syntax (statements separated with semicolons
- inside block structures) with Lisp-like semantics (untyped variables,
- lists as data aggregates, etc).
-
- Sounds pretty obscure. I have to agree with the guy who wondered why
- this was a comp. group while BASIC is still an alt. group.
-
- BUT! Maybe it *is* worth the bandwidth---I once knew a guy who wanted
- to combine Algol and Lisp. He told me...
-
- <drumroll please!>
-
- ...that that's where (defun ...) BEGINs!!!!
-
- Har har!
- mjl
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