5 Jan
2024
5 Jan
'24
7:05 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Koning <paulkoning(a)comcast.net>
Sent: 05 January 2024 00:34
To: rob(a)jarratt.me.uk; cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Cc: Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt(a)ntlworld.com>
Subject: Re: [cctalk] RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator
Niklaus
Wirth
> On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:38 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
>
> Sad news but a great article Liam, thanks for the interesting history.
>
> The second language I taught myself was Algol 68 (!), on a DECSYSTEM20.
I
learned Pascal at University, when I did my M.Sc I
used VAX Pascal on a
VAX
11/780 and went on to use it as my first professional
language. I loved
VAX
Pascal, I could do just about anything I wanted with
it. Of course, it
wasn't
very "pure" Pascal.
>
> Incidentally, I have asked a couple of times before, but if anyone knows
of
any media with Algol68C for PDP10 I would love to get
hold of it.
That would be neat, indeed. Where did that one come from? I remember a
well regarded Algol68 subset compiler from the Royal Radar Establishment
in
the UK. Don't remember what machine(s) it
targeted.
Algol68C came from the University of Cambridge. It was written on IBM
hardware as a portable compiler and it was ported to PDP10 at the University
of Essex.
There's an Algol68g (GPL-licensed open source implementation). I haven't
tried it yet.
I think the CDC 6000 Algol 68 is still around somewhere. That one was
created in Holland.
paul