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An introduction to using the Algol 60 compiler on TOPS-10.

https://timereshared.com/tops-10-algol

#algol #dec #retrocomputing

#Marathon51 As tends to happen with these, I ended up losing #ALGOL's plot, just closing my eyes and enjoying the live music. (The player called it something like "one of the craziest films I've done this for...")

Weird fable about an alien giving one guy a perpetual motion machine, so he--

> It's really stunning that it does not mention the Scheme language

So very, very true.

There are several large pieces of history in this regard that deserve not only to be published, but to be studied well.

Just a properly written history of closures in computer programming would be worth its weight in gold.
Even a short history.

#Algol
#BlockStructure
#CallByName
#Closures
#HistoryOfComputing
#Lisp
#Scheme

@kentpitman @amoroso

@DanielMReck Exemple d'un programme en 25 langages qui effectue une boucle de 1 à une borne
saisie et qui pour chaque pas donne: le pas, son carré, sa racine carrée.

Exemple:

Borne:? 2
I= 1 I^2= 1 I^1/2= 1
I= 2 I^2= 4 I^1/2= 1.41421
Borne:? 0
Fin du programme

http://internet-web-office.net/mescours/test2/

#basic, #c, #fortran, #pascal, #javascript, #java, #perl, #php, #rust,
#python, #bash, #scala, #c++, #cobol, #ada, #pl1, #apl, #lisp, #algol,
#go, #simula, #modula, #tcl, #r, #julialang

I'm a bit surprised that Niklaus Wirth et al would use Verillog instead of VHDL to implement Oberon RISC5.

Is anyone well-versed enough to try to bring some light on this topic?

I don't have a preference, but with VHDL being so closely related, at least in style, to the Wirth family of languages, it seems at least somewhat interesting that he would choose the language that is less similar to his own.

#FPGA #Wirth #NiklausWirth #Oberon #RISC5 #Algol #Pascal #Modula #VHDL #Verilog

@nhcl @nathans
Exemple d'un programme en 25 langages qui effectue une boucle de 1 à une borne
saisie et qui pour chaque pas donne: le pas, son carré, sa racine carrée.

Exemple:

Borne:? 2
I= 1 I^2= 1 I^1/2= 1
I= 2 I^2= 4 I^1/2= 1.41421
Borne:? 0
Fin du programme

http://internet-web-office.net/mescours/test2/

#basic, #c, #fortran, #pascal, #javascript, #java, #perl, #php, #rust,
#python, #bash, #scala, #c++, #cobol, #ada, #pl1, #apl, #lisp, #algol,
#go, #simula, #modula, #tcl, #r, #julialang

Exemple d'un programme en 24 langages qui effectue une boucle de 1 à une borne
saisie et qui pour chaque pas donne: le pas, son carré, sa racine carrée.

Exemple:

Borne:? 3
I= 1 I^2= 1 I^1/2= 1
I= 2 I^2= 4 I^1/2= 1.41421
I= 3 I^2= 9 I^1/2= 1.73205
Borne:? 0
Fin du programme

http://internet-web-office.net/mescours/test2/

#basic, #c, #fortran, #pascal, #javascript, #java, #perl, #php, #rust,
#python, #bash, #scala, #c++, #cobol, #ada, #pl-1, #apl, #lisp, #algol,
#go, #simula, #modula, #tcl, #r

The world of #ComputerScience mourns the loss of Niklaus Wirth—a stalwart figure known for his influential contributions to programming languages, methodology, software engineering, and hardware design.

Born on 15 February 1934 in Switzerland, Wirth was a luminary in the field and celebrated for his development of several groundbreaking programming languages including #ALGOL-W, #Pascal, and #Modula-2.

#Wirth died aged 89 on 1 January 2024.
His passing has reverberated across the tech community, with software language designer Bertrand Meyer saying:
“We lost a titan of programming languages, programming methodology, software engineering and hardware design.”

https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2024/jan/04/computer-science-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-dies-aged-89/

Niklaus #Wirth, more than a pioneer of computer science and informatics, and the inventor of #Algol W, #Pascal, #Modula, #Oberon, #Lilith and #ObjectPascal passed away on January 1st, 2024. RIP.

https://www.developer-tech.com/news/2024/jan/04/computer-science-pioneer-niklaus-wirth-dies-aged-89/