Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!enother.net!peer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED!nerds-end From: glen herrmannsfeldt Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: Algol history, was specifying semantics Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 05:49:01 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 26 Sender: news@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <14-07-018@comp.compilers> References: <14-06-010@comp.compilers> <14-06-023@comp.compilers> <14-06-025@comp.compilers> <14-06-027@comp.compilers> <14-06-030@comp.compilers> <14-06-031@comp.compilers> <14-06-035@comp.compilers> <14-07-001@comp.compilers> <14-07-005@comp.compilers> <14-07-015@comp.compilers> NNTP-Posting-Host: news.iecc.com X-Trace: miucha.iecc.com 1404741187 39739 2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970 (7 Jul 2014 13:53:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@iecc.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2014 13:53:07 +0000 (UTC) Keywords: algol60, history, comment Posted-Date: 07 Jul 2014 09:53:07 EDT X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com X-Received-Bytes: 2505 X-Received-Body-CRC: 3612007744 Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:1308 William Clodius wrote: (snip) > As time went it became obvious by that the 1966 deadline would not be > met so the effort was renamed Algol X, with features not currently > accepted for Algol X documented as planned for a followon language Algol > Y. Wirth and Hoare's report that served as the basis of Algol W was > their idea of a minimal Algol X that could meet the 1966 deadline, if > accepted by the comittee. But Algol W kept call by name, while adding > record data types and Hoare's select case, so it was too large revision > for the minimalists, and was not as efficient in implementation as the > majority of revisionists wanted. Wirth and Hoare remained in the > comittee until the first draft was published for comment hoping that > something would happen to change Algol 68 back to Algol W. Reminds me, I am still intersted in finding the OS/360 Algol W compiler. Source or load module. There is a not-yet-debugged source listing on bitsavers, and I (or someone) could type it in, but it would still need to be debugged. At least that is how I understand it. -- glen [As far as I know, the machine readable source was lost. Even with a copy of the source, you'll need a copy of PL360, the Algol-flavored assembler it was written in. -John]