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Re: 6502 illegal opcodes questions



In article <44809520$0$11067$9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net>,
Linards Ticmanis  <ticmanis@gmx.de> wrote:

> Michael J. Mahon wrote:
> 
>> Actually, I believe that _pragma_ was borrowed from Algol 68,
>> which must be the most influential least implemented language.  ;-)
> 
> As they say, Algol was a great improvement on its successors. ;-)

Algo was a great programming language -- as long as your program
didn't have to du any input or any output.  Not having to actually
implement your program was also a clear advantage, considering the
scarcity of Algol compilers.... therefore, Algol was for a long time
used in textbooks as examples of implementing various algorithms.

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