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From: peter@baylor.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Re:  Assignment in Conditionals
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Date: Wed, 21-Aug-85 12:12:55 EDT
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> A while back, I read a paper from the University of Toronto which
> tested two otherwise "identical" languages - one was expression
> oriented and one statement oriented.  Conclusion: the statement
> oriented one was easier to learn and programming was faster in it.
> The only problem was that the authors weren't sure how much of
> this effect was caused by most other programming languages being
> statement oriented (sorry, I don't have a reference for this -
> it was a CSRG report from U of T).

I think I saw that. It was in CACM or some similar journal... just ran
through my back copies but didn't find it, so either it's not a straight
article, it has a funny title, or I lent it to someone.

That wasn't the only flaw. The other problem was that the two languages
*weren't* otherwise identical, because if they were the statement
oriented one would have been a subset of the expression oriented
one.
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	Peter (Made in Australia) da Silva
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