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Le sam. 30 août 2025, 3 h 46 p.m., Richard O'Keefe <[email protected]> a écrit : > *Avi* I do wonder if someone has already implemented a language that > allows sub and superscripts in actual programming. > > Why YES. And a long time ago at that. The MADCAP 6 programming > language for the MANIAC II computer, starting back in 1970. > "A mathematically-natural two-dimensional form for programming" was > one of the project criteria, and by June 1973 they said they'd done > it. > There was an earlier and much less interesting language, so much so > that I've forgotten pretty much everything else about it, > where each statement was written on three lines: a superscript line, a > main line, and a subscript line. > Well, with punched cards, that was about as good as you could get, and > recalling that Fortran did not then allow subscripted subjects, > one subscript line was all you needed. > > I've often wondered what happened to MADCAP. > > On Sun, 31 Aug 2025 at 06:41, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > ^Richard** : LET'S NOT MUCK AROUND WITH R SYNTAX ANY MORE > > > > Fully agreed Richard. There is a tax for trying to redeem for an old > syn. Who really wants to pay the price given the disruption it can cause? > > > > I do wonder if someone has already implemented a language that allows > sub and superscripts in actual programming. Clearly exponentiation could be > done if there was a way, as in LaTeX to specify the beginning of a > superscripted region and the end of it. Modern screens, within limits, > could show such code using smaller fonts or other techniques such as colors > albeit a deeply nested example would be a mess. And, I suspect some > languages may not tolerate it well such as when python uses indentation for > grouping. > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide https://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
