El 16 de noviembre de 1916 nace Christopher Strachey, científico británico reconocido por los conceptos fundamentales en Lenguajes de Programación y por el desarrollo del CPL, así como intrumental en el diseño de la computadora Pegasus de Ferranti
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@JoYo @feoh Oh, fascinating! Got a source for that?

Are you talking about #ChristopherStrachey's "macro-generator design" as "a very solid base for a command language, in particular the techniques for quoting and passing arguments" as described in https://multicians.org/shell.html by #LouisPouzin?

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