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		GoblinSlayer on Feb 7, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It is time to standardize principles and practices... I heard algol had bounds checking somewhere in 60s as an implementation feature. Reportedly customers liked it a lot that the programs don't produce wrong results faster.

nottorp on Feb 7, 2025 [–]

Pascal being derived from Algol, it makes a lot of sense.

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