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`param: Type` is from Pascal


That would be my bet, especially since Java, especially since 1.1, reminded me so much of [Turbo] Pascal in C++ clothing, so it only seems natural to borrow another Pascal-ism.

But Pascal stole from Algol. Nothing new under the sun...




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