> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Koning <paulkon...@comcast.net>
> Sent: 05 January 2024 00:34
> To: r...@jarratt.me.uk; cctalk@classiccmp.org
> Cc: Robert Jarratt <robert.jarr...@ntlworld.com>
> Subject: Re: [cctalk] RIP: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator
Niklaus
> Wirth
>
>
>
> > On Jan 4, 2024, at 5:38 PM, Rob Jarratt via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > Sad news but a great article Liam, thanks for the interesting history.
> >
> > The second language I taught myself was Algol 68 (!), on a DECSYSTEM20.
I
> learned Pascal at University, when I did my M.Sc I used VAX Pascal on a
VAX
> 11/780 and went on to use it as my first professional language. I loved
VAX
> Pascal, I could do just about anything I wanted with it. Of course, it
wasn't
> very "pure" Pascal.
> >
> > Incidentally, I have asked a couple of times before, but if anyone knows
of
> any media with Algol68C for PDP10 I would love to get hold of it.
>
> That would be neat, indeed. Where did that one come from? I remember a
> well regarded Algol68 subset compiler from the Royal Radar Establishment
in
> the UK. Don't remember what machine(s) it targeted.
Algol68C came from the University of Cambridge. It was written on IBM
hardware as a portable compiler and it was ported to PDP10 at the University
of Essex.
>
> There's an Algol68g (GPL-licensed open source implementation). I haven't
> tried it yet.
>
> I think the CDC 6000 Algol 68 is still around somewhere. That one was
> created in Holland.
>
> paul
