Author: Pete Galati
Date: 18:50:48 08/12/99
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On August 12, 1999 at 19:38:37, H Fraser wrote: >Algol was the original recursive computer language, predating B, which predated >C. It was very useful for specifying numerical and logic algorithms independant >of platform. ACM published it algorithms in Algol. ALGOrithmic Languange, a >binary star. What would take 500 lines of FORTRAN could be dashed off in 50 >with Algol. DC Algol was Burroughs' (Unisys after Burroughs bought Sperry) >implementation of a Algol as a Data Comm language. It used a 48 bit word, >implemented reverse polish notation in hardware, and had an inaccessible macine >instruction set--you could only program in Algol, DCAlgol, or in compilers >written in Algol or DCAlgol, which were themselves written in Algol and DCAlgol. That still sounds pretty scary too me, even being more efficient than Fortran. Pete
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