Let's dig out some #computer #science #history again, such as how for loops and if-else came to be.
Funny enough how a good bunch of things came from German speakers. 🙂

https://youtu.be/VdHR5EOZNKk

It's always nice hearing @kevlin talk about history that is otherwise hard to discover these days.

And here is "THE AMERICAN SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF #ALGOL":
https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/960118.808369