Re: [oopic] Re: BASIC vs. C/Java syntax

On Aug 6, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Andrew Porrett wrote:

> At 11:48 AM 8/6/2008, Brian Lloyd wrote:
>> I began as a programmer back in the
>> early 1970s. I was introduced to programming through FORTRAN, BASIC,
>> and IBM 360 assembly language (BAL). My introduction to Algol in 1974
>> was a life-changing experience. I quickly moved on from there to PL-I
>> and Pascal. (I worked on the UCSD Pascal project back in 1977.)
>
> Interesting - you and I largely used the same languages during the
> same time period. Don't recall if I did any 360 assembly, or just
> 370.

The 370 was just coming on-line. As far as I recall, the instruction
sets were virtually identical. Regardless, I never used BAL on the
370, just PL-I. (I hated FORTRAN and COBOL equally.)

Brian Lloyd
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