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Quote: replaced ALGOL 60's for statement with while statements and for loops over an arithmetic progression; was too complex

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Topic:
for loop
Topic:
simple loop

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It is notorious that the ALGOL 60 for … [simple, no unexpected effects, allows for optimization], and therefore a drastic simplification has been bade. … The most general and powerful iterative statement, capable … while a given condition remains true. The only … arithmetic progression on each execution of the statement. …   Google-1   Google-2

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