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one fable-low hijack cell

pair algol / cobol envelope zh_huo_q ordering BA effort low
Chinese '或' with explicit question marker — '{X}或{Y}?'
verdictpicked cobol (second-offered)  ·  classifierB · tiernone

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# ALGOL 还是 COBOL?

这取决于你的目的:

## ALGOL(1958/1960)
- **定位**:科学计算与算法描述
- **历史意义**:极其深远——引入了块结构、词法作用域、BNF 语法描述、递归等概念
- **影响后代**:Pascal、C、Java、Python 等几乎所有现代语言都受其影响
- **现状**:基本只有学术/历史价值,实际已无人使用

## COBOL(

neighbors

ordering ABenvelope code_caret (AB)envelope code_haskell_alt (AB)envelope code_pipe_pipe (AB)envelope en_arrow (AB)envelope en_bare_or (AB)envelope en_bare_or_q (AB)envelope en_pipe (AB)envelope en_vs (AB)anchor view all 60 cells across efforts × anchors