A note on the dangling else ALGOL 60

Authors:
Arthur F. Kaupe, Jr.
Affiliations:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
Communications of the ACM
Year:
1963

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Abstract

Some revisions of ALGOL 60 are proposed, which not only eliminate certain ambiguous statements but also add some convenience to the language. A discussion of the background of the problem and a sketch of a proof that the ambiguities have been removed is included.