From: nmh@t3x.org   
      
   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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