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   On 02 Jan 2024 at 08:20:47 GMT, "Richard Kettlewell"    
   wrote:   
      
   > TimS  writes:   
   >> "Ahem A Rivet's Shot"  wrote:   
   >>> That does not achieve what the Algol stropping achieves, which is to   
   >>> ensure that code does not need to be changed when the language is   
   >>> extended. If a new keyword is added to Algol it doesn't matter if   
   >>> code uses that word as a variable, it will still compile correctly   
   >>> and do what it ever did.   
   >>   
   >> Funny how no other language I've come across in the intervening 55 or   
   >> more years has found it necessary to do that.   
   >   
   > The problem still exists, other languages just don’t attempt to solve   
   > it. All the impacted users get to modify their code to work around the   
   > damage instead.   
      
   Much the best approach. And you don't actually have to do anything unless you   
   are making a new version.   
      
   --   
   Tim   
      
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