Re: algol60 history, was call by name

glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:16:14 -0800

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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 00:16:14 -0800
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 08-03-012 08-03-019 08-03-026 08-03-031 08-03-034 08-03-038 08-03-044 08-03-046
Keywords: algol60
Posted-Date: 14 Mar 2008 12:01:43 EDT

Carl Barron wrote:
(snip)


> [As I think I noted a few days ago, IBM did provide Algol for OS360
> but it was unusuably slow unless you used Princeton's patches. -John]


As I understand it, it came from somewhere in Europe.


If one is really interested, IBM will still sell you the PLM for the
OS/360 Algol compiler. (That is, Program Logic Manual, that explains
in detail how the compiler works.) I believe it is the only OS/360
manual still for sale by IBM.


-- glen
[You're right, it was mostly done at IBM's Boeblingen lab. This note has
a nice overview:
http://pu.rbg.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/docs/HJH-199804xx-Algol60.rtf
-John]


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