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Needs more pitchforks :)

I like this as a disrupter of rote and a way of getting many eyes rapidly in the same place.

Now we just need a Twitch channel...

XINUL anyone?

And don't forget people, it's downhill from Paris to London

QTWTAIN

According to the sources I can find "learnt" is the English and "learned" the American version http://www.grammar-monster.com/easily_confused/learned_learn...

I remember laughing at the story about the judge who asked "Who are the Beatles?". Now I find them a very wise person indeed :)

Yes. Oh wait, that's not what you mean

Algol, and its formal EBNF description, is definitely the easiest language I have ever worked with. Burroughs, now Unisys, had an immensely powerful combination of true stack based hardware, a compact OS that supported parallel running across systems as well as programs, and various tailored flavours of Algol for comms, database and other use. A great development environment, decades ahead of its time. Alas C and Unix were cheaper and Burroughs never really understood that there was a market other than big tin users.

But yes, even now when I write Ruby or Python or Go, I miss the clarity of Algol.

People might also be interested in these postings from our blog http://digital.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/?s=Design+

It's a very nice site. Be good to have author's name and comments in normal text while keeping italics for the book title. Now to play with it some more!