2 Jan
2001
2 Jan
'01
4:02 p.m.
On 2 Jan 2001, at 5:34, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
- if foo then bar else baz (i.e., the same syntax as conditional statements, just with expressions, e.g. `x := if cond then 42 else 17').
As a former Algol 60 programmer, I too prefer this syntax. For a description of the syntax and semantics in Algol 60, see:
http://www.masswerk.at/algol60/report.htm
(Section 3.4 deals with "Boolean Expressions.")
-- Dave