cognitive psychology. PhD 
One striking feature of programming language history is that two of the most influential languages ever created were designed by committee: Algol and Haskell, both under quite similar circumstances.pic.twitter.com/fTKFAg6Gtp
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Both languages arose at a time where academics collectively shared a strong vision for the next step in language design. "For all its shortcomings, Haskell is often described as 'beautiful' or 'elegant'--even 'cool'... we all needed Haskell."pic.twitter.com/aJzEHDW1pa
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Both languages never had a formal semantics, albeit for different reasons. Haskell: "It just never seemed to be the most urgent task." Algol: "Like the Bible, [the report] was meant, not merely to be read, but to be interpreted."pic.twitter.com/r6MBHSxmar
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My guess is the "one European member" is France
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