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| First language with conditional assignment? compilers@is-not-my.name (2011-03-03) |
| Re: First language with conditional assignment? nmh@t3x.org (Nils M Holm) (2011-03-04) |
| Re: First language with conditional assignment? gah@ugcs.caltech.edu (glen herrmannsfeldt) (2011-03-04) |
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| Re: First language with conditional assignment? news@cuboid.co.uk (Andy Walker) (2011-03-05) |
| Re: First language with conditional assignment? monnier@iro.umontreal.ca (Stefan Monnier) (2011-03-05) |
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| From: | "Nils M Holm" <nmh@t3x.org> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | Fri, 4 Mar 2011 17:00:50 +0100 |
| Organization: | Compilers Central |
| References: | 11-03-006 |
| Keywords: | syntax, history |
| Posted-Date: | 04 Mar 2011 12:06:12 EST |
compilers@is-not-my.name wrote:
> Does anyone know what the earliest languages supporting conditional
> assignment were? Although the construct is useful I don't like the syntax in
> C-like languages. I am curious if there were earlier examples and what the
> syntax was.
In case you meant conditional expressions like C's
predicate? consequent: alternative
then BCPL had
predicate-> consequent: alternative
in 1966 and and LISP had
(COND (predicate1 expression1) ...)
in 1960.
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