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Date:Mon Jan 26 14:59:23 1998 
Subject:Re: Complexity 
From:Sean Case 
Volume-ID:980126.01 

In article <dennisEn9oC8.vE@netcom.com>,
dennis@netcom.com (Dennis Yelle) wrote:

>My understanding is that Algol 60 got call-by-name by accident.
>The attempt to specify call-by-value was done so badly that it
>actually specified call-by-name.

They were attempting to define call-by-reference, I believe, and were
feeling quite pleased with themselves until Jensen's device turned up.

Sean Case