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   Janis Papanagnou to bart   
   Re: Nice way of allocating flexible stru   
   16 Oct 25 06:45:51   
   
   From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com   
      
   On 15.10.2025 12:26, bart wrote:   
   > On 15/10/2025 02:13, BGB wrote:   
   >   
   >> There was ALGOL, but both C and Pascal descended from ALGOL.   
   >   
   > I've heard that before that C was somehow derived from Algol and even   
   > Algol 68.   
   >   
   > But it is so utterly unlike either of those, that if it's from the same   
   > family, then it must have been adopted.   
      
   It's about some adopted language concepts (technical and semantical),   
   not so much about its general appearance (or C's specific quirks).   
      
   Janis   
      
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