2metre wrote:
> Scott Moore wrote:
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>>>3/ Does any publication exist that could accurately be described as
>>>'J&W 1972'?
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>>Good question, do not know.
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> The only reason I asked is that you have mentionned J&W 1972 many times.
> I presume its a typo (that has unfortunately become an unintended habit)
> that refers to either J&W 1974 or Wirth's 'The Programming Language
> Pascal (Revised Edition) 1972'. In our earlier discussions it would have
> been useful to know which one you meant.
>
> Elsewhere I have come across a reference (suppled by N. Wirth) to a
> prelease version of the J&W 1974 publication that was available in 1973,
> but can't trace anything back to 1972.
1972 is mentioned many times by Wirth as being the year of the revised
Pascal standard. The online copy of the Wirth re****t from 1972 bears that
out.
The information in the Acta Informatica article is from 1970, and Wirth
states elsewhere that he worked on the langauge in 1969. I don't have a
copy of the Acta Informatica article, but I think there is good reason
to presume that its "unrevised" Pascal.
That leaves the "Users manual and re****t", second edition from 1974,
the first edition (if there is even such a thing) before that. All
of them describe the same language, which was revised to that form
in 1972.
If your problem with the term J&W 1972 is that it should read "W 1972"
dropping K. Jensen, and then yes, I am perfectly willing to concede this
point if the first edition date can be found. However, if (as both I and
you seem to suspect) the first edition of J&W was published/written in
1973, then the correction would be "J&W 1973", on account of the fact that
neither I, nor I suspect Professor Wirth would appreciate cutting poor Ms.
Jensen out of the credits.
Tell you what. You seem interested in pinning down the exact facts of
this matter, and thats good. If you would be willing to gather these
facts with a little more research on dates and facts, I would like
to put that as a section in the FAQ. Deal ?
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