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Re: Memory Lane

By: Decomposed in 6TH POPE | Recommend this post (0)
Mon, 21 Feb 22 2:38 AM | 29 view(s)
Boardmark this board | 6th Edition Pope Board 		Msg. 29527 of 60008
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Re: “Not too long ago, I re-read a book titled 'Babel-17' by a Samuel R. Delany. A good story, copyrighted in 1969.”Not too long ago, as in from January 28th through February 12th, Babel-17 was the background image I was using for CTJ. For a little while - since it's a book you like - I've assigned Babel-17 to you... though it's kind of hard to tell due to its size. Good book. A Nebula Award winner. Maybe I need to make it a little smaller.

Okay, it's smaller.








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By: Zimbler0 in 6TH POPE
Sun, 20 Feb 22 11:36 PM 		Msg. 29521 of 60008

Not too long ago, I re-read a book titled 'Babel-17' by a Samuel R. Delany. A good story, copyrighted in 1969.

In the book it mentioned the computer languages 'On-Off', Algol, and Fortran. On-Off has to be assembler. Or 'hard wired' program boards for the earliest computers (I've only read about them.)

Fortran I remember well and fondly. It was the first compiler I ever did battle with - about 1980 at TideWater Community College.

I had to look up Algol.

The first program most people ever write is called 'Hello World'.

This is it in Algol.

>>>
// the main program (this is a comment)

BEGIN
FILE F (KIND=REMOTE);
EBCDIC ARRAY E [0:11];
REPLACE E BY "HELLO WORLD!";
WHILE TRUE DO
BEGIN
WRITE (F, *, E);
END;
END.
>>>

And then just below it there is this : "This program has NOT been tested due to the inability to locate the necessary compiler."

And it seems Algol dates back to 1958 . . . When computers were still being invented.

(Actually, I believe the first computers were built during WWII . . . )

Zim.

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