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From: Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: do { quit; } else { }
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2025 05:59:11 +0200
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On 13.04.2025 18:48, bart wrote:
> On 13/04/2025 15:54, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> bart <bc@freeuk.com> writes:
>>> On 13/04/2025 12:33, bart wrote:
>>>
>>>> Algol68 fits the role of systems language;
>>>
>>> It somehow lost the word 'poorly'!
>>
>> That would suprise Burroughs/Unisys, where the operating
>> system, database and utilites are all written in Algol.
> 
> Algol68 or Algol60? The former is very different.

I don't recall whether it was "Burroughs/Unisys" (that Scott mentioned)
but I know that there were systems programmed in Algol 68.

If you know Algol 60 you'd probably have recognized that it's unsuited
for systems programming (as opposed to Algol 68). - At least IMO.

Janis

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