No, it was in ALGOL W. The "billion dollar mistake" is what Tony Hoare - one of the designers of the language - called it (later on, of course).
would be damning but also fun if it ever turned out they planted this as a practical joke, fully knowing what they were doing
No, it was in ALGOL W. The "billion dollar mistake" is what Tony Hoare - one of the designers of the language - called it (later on, of course).