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In article <orednaeqUrAY_nDaRVnyhgA@xxxxxx> rjh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> jacob navia said:
> > [Herbert Rosenau] said yesterday that C "doesn't need a CPU"...
> >
> > I see now that for posting in usenet a brain is not necessary
> > either.
>
> Well, that has been clear for quite some time. Nevertheless, it is
> certainly the case that it is possible to write, and indeed to read, C
> programs without a CPU. C programs can be written, and read, on paper. To
> demonstrate this, I invite you to turn to K&R2, page 8, where you will
> find a short C program. I don't think you will have any difficulty in
> following the program logic in your head - no CPU required.
In the beginning years of Algol 60 at one point the ACM decided that all
algorithms published in the CACM should be in Algol 60. At that time an
Algol 60 compiler was not yet available for any computer.
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