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!!! Algol 60
-The first ProgrammingLanguage with a context-free grammar (BackusNaurForm was inverted
to describe it). 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 |http://www.wlug.org.nz/CategorySystemsProgrammingLanguages ] extensions of Algol were created in the 60's, notably by Burroughs Corporation, which no longer exists. [C] now fills that role.
+The first ProgrammingLanguage with a context-free grammar (BackusNaurForm was invented
to describe it). 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 |http://www.wlug.org.nz/CategorySystemsProgrammingLanguages ] extensions of Algol were created in the 60's, notably by Burroughs Corporation, which no longer exists. [C] now fills that role.
Algol 60 on Linux: The [GNU] Project's [MARST Algol-to-C translator | http://www.gnu.org/software/marst/].
!!! Algol 68
