I don't believe that ALGOL 68had much influence on later languages, possibly because the formal definition was seriously under-commented.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Rupert Reynolds <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2024 2:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Algol Algol 68 was quite a lot different from the previous version, from memory, and seems to have influenced everything else since, including C. I wish I'd used '68 more when I had the chance. Alan Kay described computing as a 'pop culture' and I see his point--we don't often learn from history and we often re-invent things and 'solve' problems that have already been solved before :-) Roops On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, 13:32 Bob Bridges, < [email protected]> wrote: > I did a lot of coding in Algol during my time at a local University in the > late '70s. My impression at the time was that it had a serious paucity of > built-in functions, but that it enabled me to write my own and make them > easily available to my programs. So I stuffed a library full of I/O and > string-handling functions and got along just fine, it seemed to me. > > Haven't encountered it since; I don’t know what advances may have been > made in that arena. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* That sort of wit which employs itself insolently in criticizing and > censuring the words and sentiments of others in conversation is absolute > folly; for it answers none of the ends of conversation. He who uses it > neither improves others, is improved himself, nor pleases anyone. -Poor > Richard’s Almanack, 1756 */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of Rupert Reynolds > Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2024 09:07 > > ....developing a language which is effectively the best bits (IMHO) of > Rexx, C and even older languages such as Algol 68 (much underrated in my > book) and hints of PL/1.... > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
