• Justin Johansson (10/10) Dec 09 2009 Algol-68 came out in, well, 1968. Apparently the language was
• William Martin (2/16) Dec 09 2009 In the words of Sir Bob Geldof - just give us the forking compiler...

Justin Johansson <no spam.com> writes:

Algol-68 came out in, well, 1968.  Apparently the language was 
considered 'finished' with the release of the Revision of Algol-68
in 1974.  By this time it was too late for the language to gain any
real traction.

A number of contemporary topics on this newsgroup should be tempered 
with a sobering reminder of the fate that awaits a new PL with the 
introduction of new language features/constructs for D2 especially at 
this eleventh hour.

Sincerely,

Justin Johansson

William Martin <wm nospam.net> writes:

Justin Johansson Wrote:

 Algol-68 came out in, well, 1968.  Apparently the language was 
 considered 'finished' with the release of the Revision of Algol-68
 in 1974.  By this time it was too late for the language to gain any
 real traction.
 
 A number of contemporary topics on this newsgroup should be tempered 
 with a sobering reminder of the fate that awaits a new PL with the 
 introduction of new language features/constructs for D2 especially at 
 this eleventh hour.
 
 Sincerely,
 
 Justin Johansson
 

In the words of Sir Bob Geldof - just give us the forking compiler...