wiki has always been this way. it has stricks standards if something doesnt fallow they clear it
u need to start a talk thread under talk about this issue not just have a spat back and fourth deleting and reposting On Sat, Feb 15, 2025 at 8:43 AM Frank Leonhardt via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > As those of us with a few years will know, Tony Hoare (and Jill's) > implementation of Algol 60 on the Elliott 803 was a highly significant > event in the history of computer languages. It was the first practical > commercial Algol compiler, launched block structures languages, and > played a part in Elliott selling nearly 300 803B computers at a time > when 300 computers was a big number. > > Obviously the US preferred Fortran and COBOL for commercial use, and > there were other Algol compilers in some shape or other knocking about > in universities. But I'd say this implementation put block structured > programming into the mainstream. (And it was the first high level > language I used, but that's beside the point). > > Now some kid on Wikipedia thinks it's not notable and is trying to > delete it because he can't find much on it doing a Google search. > Wikipedia may be sinking under activists and egos, but I think we need > to put this misapprehension straight. Unfortunately we may be arguing > with an idiot. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliott_ALGOL > > If course, if anyone thinks it wasn't significant, that's an opinion > too, but I'd like to hear why. > > Thanks, Frank. > > >
