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ALGOL 68 was nowhere near as successful as ALGOL 60

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‎External links: +The History of the ALGOL Effort

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‎External links: +The Emperor's Old Clothes

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'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]]).

It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including 'block structure'. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".

The first version, ALGOL 58, was defined by an international committee of people from different organizations (the first language to be created in this way). The first version to be widely implemented, ALGOL 60, differed from it in not too significant ways.

An attempted later revision, ALGOL 68, was very controversial (it was the inspiration for Hoare's famous [[Turing Award]] lecture, ''The Emperor's Old Clothes''); it tried to greatly expand the language, and was not as successful as its predecessor.

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		+	==Further reading==
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		+	* Brian Randell, L. J. Russell, ''ALGOL 60 Implementation: The Translation and Use of ALGOL 60 Programs on a Computer'', Academic Press, London, New York, 1964

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 * [https://heerdebeer.org/ALGOL/The_History_of_ALGOL.pdf The History of the ALGOL Effort]
 * [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/358549.358561 The Emperor's Old Clothes]
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 The first version, ALGOL 58, was defined by an international committee of people from different organizations (the first language to be created in this way). The first version to be widely implemented, ALGOL 60, differed from it in not too significant ways.
-An attempted later revision, ALGOL 68, was very controversial (it was the inspiration for Hoare's famous [[Turing Award]] lecture, ''The Emperor's Old Clothes''); it tried to greatly expand the language, and was not as successful as its predecessor.
+An attempted later revision, ALGOL 68, was very controversial (it was the inspiration for Hoare's famous [[Turing Award]] lecture, ''The Emperor's Old Clothes'' - see link below); it tried to greatly expand the language, and was nowhere near as successful as its predecessor.
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 * [https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/358549.358561 The Emperor's Old Clothes]
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−	'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C (language)\|C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]], heavily influenced by ALGOL).	+	'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C programming language\|C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]], heavily influenced by ALGOL).

	It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including [[block structure]]. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".		It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including [[block structure]]. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".

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-'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C (language)|C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]]).
+'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C (language)|C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]], heavily influenced by ALGOL).
-It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including 'block structure'. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".
+It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including [[block structure]]. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".
 The first version, ALGOL 58, was defined by an international committee of people from different organizations (the first language to be created in this way). The first version to be widely implemented, ALGOL 60, differed from it in not too significant ways.
 An attempted later revision, ALGOL 68, was very controversial (it was the inspiration for Hoare's famous [[Turing Award]] lecture, ''The Emperor's Old Clothes''); it tried to greatly expand the language, and was not as successful as its predecessor.

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−	'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]]).	+	'''ALGOL''' is a [[programming language]] that was first developed in the late 1950's; although little-used nowdays, it is historically very important as most moderm programming languages are developed from it, either directly, or indirectly (e.g. [[C (language)\|C]], which is derived from [[BCPL]]).

	It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including 'block structure'. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".		It introduced, among many other advances, modern [[control flow]], including 'block structure'. It was aptly described by C. A. R. Hoare, who worked on a later version of the language, as "a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors".