[cctalk] Re: What constitutes a dead computer language

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Jun 22, 2026, at 5:56 PM, paul.kimpel--- via cctalk 
> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> Burroughs ESPOL has been dead since the early 1980s. The B6700/B7700 MCP (OS) 
> was completely rewritten at that time in a new language, NEWP, which is 
> somewhat MODULA-like. It is still in use for the Unisys ClearPath MCP systems 
> that have evolved from the B6x00/B7x00 systems.

I remember looking at various ALGOL dialects on the B6700 system back in 1975, 
when I was trying to read DEC format tapes on the TUE Burroughs system.  MCP 
doesn't make that easy.  I looked at DCALGOL, which didn't quite do the job.  I 
see from the Unisys ClearPath webpage that was mentioned that DCALGOL is still 
around.  I don't think ESPOL was suitable either, but that was mostly because 
it wasn't available in any way shape or form for ordinary users.

I ended up using an OS/360 system instead, with EXCP mode I/O.  Fun.

        paul