[cctalk] Re: More ALGOL-68

One of the giants of that era, Niklaus Wirth, passed away on New Years Day, six weeks before his 90th birthday. He became disillusioned with the directions that Algol 68 was going. He designed Algol W as a competitor. Algol W became Pascal.

[cctalk] Re: More ALGOL-68

> On Jan 6, 2024,Mark Kahrs > wrote: > > I remember circa 1977 CMU had a PDP-11 compiler for '68 with an extensive > runtime component. > I presume the sources are lost. > > Peter Hibbard was the guy responsible if I recall. Yes, Peter was the author, and he also

[cctalk] Re: More ALGOL-68

> On Jan 6, 2024, at 10:45 PM, Mark Kahrs via cctalk > wrote: > > I remember circa 1977 CMU had a PDP-11 compiler for '68 with an extensive > runtime component. > I presume the sources are lost. I once had DECtapes with the (Bliss) sources of the runtime part, but I lost those long ago.