Re: algol, was call by name

Louis Krupp <lkrupp@pssw.com>
Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:38:17 -0600

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From: Louis Krupp <lkrupp@pssw.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:38:17 -0600
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Keywords: algol60, history
Posted-Date: 17 Mar 2008 00:07:38 EDT

William Clodius wrote:
> Note that the Burroughs (now Unisys) computers in the US relied on
> Algol, though that is the only computer company in the US that I know
> of that primarily used Algol.


(Responding to the use of the past tense...)


Unisys MCP series systems (whatever they're called these days) still use
Burroughs Extended ALGOL (which Unisys documentation now calls simply
"ALGOL"). Compilers, for example, are written in ALGOL, and other
system software is written in various extensions of ALGOL.


Louis

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