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The ABC Programming Language

The ABC Programming Language

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·August 28, 2025
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tomcam

Seems to be strongly influenced by HyperTalk... or is it the other way around?

jll29

There is a great documentary film about the origins of Python, which also talks about the ABC license, which influenced Python syntax (and the ABC project gave G. v. Rossum the job during which he created Python): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfH4QL4VqJ0

jibal

There's an article at the above site: https://inference-review.com/article/the-origins-of-python

From it I learned a remarkable nugget of computing history: P.J. Plauger, well known as a C language guy (he and I were both on X3J11, the C Language Standards committee), originated the idea of using significant white space as the "signal" to the compiler to indicate statement grouping instead of using begin/end keywords or braces.

ronimaciel

Documentary excellent