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Shaw, M., Wulf, W.A., "Toward relaxing assumptions in languages and their implementations", SIGPLAN, 15, 3, pp. 45-61, March 1980. Google
46 ;;Quote: language should define the essential semantics of a construct with multiple, equivalent, implementations
46 ;;Quote: programming language designers have made unnecessary, pre-emptive decisions about the nature of various features; e.g., array implementation
47 ;;Quote: Bliss defined data structures by a macro-like accessing algorithm; every detail specified
47 ;;Quote: a language should allow control below the level of Pascal-like languages
49 ;;Quote: a programmer may know enough about code or data sharing to make co-scheduling much more efficient than independent scheduling
49 ;;Quote: pre-emptive language design makes many trivial decisions before a program is even written
49+;;Quote: should make global decisions first; should postpone decisions that are likely to change
49 ;;Quote: a specification should not contain unnecessary details; otherwise all future implementations must provide it
49+;;Quote: the original definition of FORTRAN arrays specified a memory layout; caused trauma when later changed the layout
56 ;;Quote: Euclid allocates storage from collections with optional reference counting for automatic deallocation; may specify storage management module
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