My experience of Algol 68 was for my computer programming course in Uni (Hull, 1978). We submitted a pile of cards and got fanfold in return. No contact with the actual run system. ICL 1900 running George iV iirc.
On Fri, Jan 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM ben via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On 2025-01-17 7:59 a.m., Jon Elson via cctalk wrote: > > > Pascal is really sort of a dialect of Algol, so I thought this was > > somewhat on topic. > > That is the DARK side of computing, Real computers are found in the > BATCAVE and can even run ALGOL 58. (batman 1967) :) > http://www.starringthecomputer.com/feature.html?f=37 > > Did ALGOL 68 have separate compilation, or was all one big Program like > Pascal? > C has the advantage of separate compilation and include files. > > > Jon > > > > >
