I know Fortran predates Algol but I wouldn't have said that the latter developed from the former. Also, no Cobol? I look forward to further installments ... keep up the good work.
Yes, that should probably be an "influenced" link rather than an "inherited" link. I agree that COBOL was historically significant (and still lives on in some sectors) but, as more of a domain-specific language, it didn't influence the design of other general-purpose languages in the same way as ALGOL and FORTRAN. However, these languages are admittedly from before my time.
I know Fortran predates Algol but I wouldn't have said that the latter developed from the former. Also, no Cobol? I look forward to further installments ... keep up the good work.
Yes, that should probably be an "influenced" link rather than an "inherited" link. I agree that COBOL was historically significant (and still lives on in some sectors) but, as more of a domain-specific language, it didn't influence the design of other general-purpose languages in the same way as ALGOL and FORTRAN. However, these languages are admittedly from before my time.