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babyloneleven on Aug 2, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Typed Properties in PHP 7.4

How is Python non-Algol?

oblio on Aug 2, 2019 [–]

How is Python Algol-based or inspired? I've never seen anyone describing as such, did Guido ever say it was?

cygx on Aug 2, 2019 | [–]

https://web.archive.org/web/20070501105422/http://www.amk.ca...

It's in the Algol family, mostly indirectly through ABC, Modula-2 and 3, C, ...

Per the interview, string slicing actually came directly from Algol-68 (and Icon).

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