Re: Add nested-function support in a language the based on a stack-machine

Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk>
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:37:11 +0000

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From: Andy Walker <anw@cuboid.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 16:37:11 +0000
Organization: Not very much
References: <6effed5e-6c90-f5f4-0c80-a03c61fd2127@gkc.org.uk> 18-03-042 18-03-049 18-03-062
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Posted-Date: 14 Mar 2018 17:37:40 EDT
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On 14/03/18 00:27, our moderator wrote:
> [How close did anyone get to implementing Algol 58? I know about JOVIAL
> but I believe it was pretty far from full IAL. -John]


AFAIK, no closer than Jovial. In a sense, there never was a full
IAL; the report was "preliminary", everyone was waiting for the proper
language, and once Algol 60 came out, they lost interest.


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Andy Walker,
Nottingham.

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