Apart from it being an interesting technical challenge or hobby is there any mundane practical reason for creating An Algol 68 compiler?
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Algol 68 was a bit before my time, but c.1980 we did learn Algol W (W=Wirth) at Bristol Uni., which was Niklaus Wirth's idea of what Algol 68 should have been, and a predeceesor to Pascal, Modula-2, etc.
Apart from it being an interesting technical challenge or hobby is there any mundane practical reason for creating An Algol 68 compiler?
Algol 68 was a bit before my time, but c.1980 we did learn Algol W (W=Wirth) at Bristol Uni., which was Niklaus Wirth's idea of what Algol 68 should have been, and a predeceesor to Pascal, Modula-2, etc.
I prefer Simula 67 ;-)