Algol (1958) is the spiritual parent language of the C/C++/C#/Java family. It introduced the accursed "int x" syntax which Niklaus Wirth tried to undo with Pascal and other designs. Yet the notation persists and perpetures a 60-year confusion around types and values.
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In the extreme, we could propose a single syntax to be offered in all languages side-by-side with current syntax, and ask what properties a universal syntax ought to have. A deduction from principles and precedents, rather than a creative exercise.
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