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!!! [Algol] 60
-It was a simple [Pascal]-like language (actually, the predecessor to [Pascal]) meant for expressing mathematical algorithms. The uglier language [Fortran] was already being used for this, and had the support of [IBM], so [Algol] 60 never really took off. Many systems programming extensions of [Algol] were created in the 60s, notably by Burroughs Corporation, which no longer exists
. [C] now fills
that role
.
+It was a simple [Pascal]-like language (actually, the predecessor to [Pascal]) meant for expressing mathematical algorithms. The uglier language [Fortran] was already being used for this, and had the support of [IBM], so [Algol] 60 never really took off. Many systems programming extensions of [Algol] were created in the 60s, notably by Burroughs Corporation, which merged with Sperry Corporation in 1986 to form the Unisys Corporation
. Unisys continues to produce mainframe computers
that run the MCP operating system, for which systems programming and application programming are still widely done in Algol 60 derived languages such as NEWP, Algol, DCAlgol, and DMAlgol
.
The first ProgrammingLanguage with a context-free grammar (BackusNaurForm was invented to describe it). Introduced static scoping.
!!! [Algol] 68
