> and based on their own preconceptions of "programming at scale" as a pet project
Based on their experience working at Google. It wasn't just "preconceptions". (True, it also wasn't an examination of the field of the form that led to Algol and Ada, but it wasn't just preconceptions, either.)
Based on their experience working at Google. It wasn't just "preconceptions". (True, it also wasn't an examination of the field of the form that led to Algol and Ada, but it wasn't just preconceptions, either.)