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MINC ("MINC is not C") is a data specification language written in the mid-1980s by a Princeton University graduate student named Lars Graf.

It contains many (though not all) of the syntactical capabilities of the C programming language, and can be used to implement simple procedural programs that can be executed by a runtime parser (that is to say, MINC does not need to be compiled in any way).

MINC continues to be used only in a handful of programs written in the 1980s (e.g. Real-Time Cmix). It has been for all intents and purposes superseded by modern scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Tcl.

The most controversial aspect of the language seems to be whether it is pronounced "mink" or "min-see".

External links

MINC tutorial at CMIX home page

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-'''MINC''' ("MINC is not [[C (programming language)|C]]") is a useless data specification language written in the mid-1980s by a [[Princeton University]] graduate student named [[Lass Grass]]. Recursive acronyms are useless.
+'''MINC''' ("MINC is not [[C (programming language)|C]]") is a data specification language written in the mid-1980s by a [[Princeton University]] graduate student named [[Lars Graf]].
-It contains many (though not all) of the syntactical capabilities of the C programming language, and can be used to implement simple procedural programs that can be executed by a runtime [[parser]] (that is to say, MINC does not need to be compiled in any way). Though of course, no one cares.
+It contains many (though not all) of the syntactical capabilities of the C programming language, and can be used to implement simple procedural programs that can be executed by a runtime [[parser]] (that is to say, MINC does not need to be compiled in any way).
-MINC continues to be used only in a handful of programs written in the 1980s (e.g. [[Real-Time Cmix]]). It has been for all intents and purposes superseded by modern scripting languages such as [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], and [[Tcl]], because they're much better in all aspects and are not written by some Mac user.
+MINC continues to be used only in a handful of programs written in the 1980s (e.g. [[Real-Time Cmix]]). It has been for all intents and purposes superseded by modern scripting languages such as [[Perl]], [[Python (programming language)|Python]], and [[Tcl]].
-The most controversial aspect of the language seems to be whether it is pronounced "mink" or "min-see". That's about it.
+The most controversial aspect of the language seems to be whether it is pronounced "mink" or "min-see".
 ==External links==