#algol68 — Public Fediverse posts

Programming Languages I Have Known and Loved (and Hated) https://lowendbox.com/blog/programming-languages-i-have-known-and-loved-and-hated/ #regularexpression #Editorial&News #applescript #javascript #assembler #smalltalk #assembly #algol68 #FORTRAN #haskell #redcode #scratch #erlang #golang #PASCAL #pl/sql #prolog #python #algol #basic #batch #cobol #dbase #elisp #emacs #forth #regex #swift #bash #java #lisp #perl #PL/I #ruby #Rust #ada #apl #awk #csh #JCL #ksh #lua #PHP #rpg #SQL #go #m4 #c #r

Programming Languages I Have Known and Loved (and Hated) https://lowendbox.com/blog/programming-languages-i-have-known-and-loved-and-hated/ #regularexpression #Editorial&News #applescript #javascript #assembler #smalltalk #assembly #algol68 #FORTRAN #haskell #redcode #scratch #erlang #golang #PASCAL #pl/sql #prolog #python #algol #basic #batch #cobol #dbase #elisp #emacs #forth #regex #swift #bash #java #lisp #perl #PL/I #ruby #Rust #ada #apl #awk #csh #JCL #ksh #lua #PHP #rpg #SQL #go #m4 #c #r

🎉 First package written in Algol 68 lands in Gentoo

https://jemarch.net/20260205-gentoo-algol68.html

#gentoo #algol68

🎉 First package written in Algol 68 lands in Gentoo

https://jemarch.net/20260205-gentoo-algol68.html

#gentoo #algol68

🦾 Algol 68 Programming Language Front-End Merged Into GCC 16 - Phoronix

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-68-Merged-Into-GCC-16

#algol68 #gcc #programming

🦾 Algol 68 Programming Language Front-End Merged Into GCC 16 - Phoronix

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-68-Merged-Into-GCC-16

#algol68 #gcc #programming

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Pi-hole releases FTL & Web v6.4 and Core v6.3 for network-wide ad and tracker blocking:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/pi-hole-releases-ftl-and-web-v6-4-and-core-v6-3-for-network-wide-ad-and-tracker-blocking/

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 makes it easier to install Raspberry Pi OS on bootable media:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-makes-it-easier-to-install-raspberry-pi-os-on-bootable-media/

Vulkan 1.4.335 Released With The Very Notable VK_EXT_present_timing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.335-Released

GCC 16 Switches To Using C++20 Standard By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Now-CPP20-Default

Algol 68 Programming Language Front-End Merged Into GCC 16:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-68-Merged-Into-GCC-16

iodéOS 7 beta launches with Android 16 base, enhanced battery life, and updated apps:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/iodeos-7-beta-launches-with-android-16-base-enhanced-battery-life-and-updated-apps/

GrapheneOS leaves France over encryption backdoor concerns:
https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Released Due To Last Minute Issues:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RC4

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #PiHole #RaspberryPI #RaspberryPIImager #Vulkan #GCC #GCC16 #Algol #Algol68 #iodeOS #GrapheneOS #FreeBSD #SelfHosting #BSD #CustomRom #OS #OperatingSystem #ProgrammingLanguage #Development #Programming #Coding #FosseryTech

(more Linux and FOSS news in previous posts of thread)

Pi-hole releases FTL & Web v6.4 and Core v6.3 for network-wide ad and tracker blocking:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/pi-hole-releases-ftl-and-web-v6-4-and-core-v6-3-for-network-wide-ad-and-tracker-blocking/

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 makes it easier to install Raspberry Pi OS on bootable media:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/raspberry-pi-imager-2-0-makes-it-easier-to-install-raspberry-pi-os-on-bootable-media/

Vulkan 1.4.335 Released With The Very Notable VK_EXT_present_timing:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Vulkan-1.4.335-Released

GCC 16 Switches To Using C++20 Standard By Default:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Now-CPP20-Default

Algol 68 Programming Language Front-End Merged Into GCC 16:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Algol-68-Merged-Into-GCC-16

iodéOS 7 beta launches with Android 16 base, enhanced battery life, and updated apps:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/iodeos-7-beta-launches-with-android-16-base-enhanced-battery-life-and-updated-apps/

GrapheneOS leaves France over encryption backdoor concerns:
https://proton.me/blog/grapheneos-france

FreeBSD 15.0-RC4 Released Due To Last Minute Issues:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.0-RC4

#WeeklyNews #OpenSource #FOSSNews #OpenSourceNews #FOSS #PiHole #RaspberryPI #RaspberryPIImager #Vulkan #GCC #GCC16 #Algol #Algol68 #iodeOS #GrapheneOS #FreeBSD #SelfHosting #BSD #CustomRom #OS #OperatingSystem #ProgrammingLanguage #Development #Programming #Coding #FosseryTech

🎉 The GCC Steering Committee, clearly yearning for a retro laugh, has added the 'experimental' Algol 68 Front End—complete with a 'but don't actually use it' disclaimer. 🚀 It's like inviting a vintage car to a drag race, but then reminding everyone it's just for show. 😂 If it rusts, it gets the boot. 🤷‍♂️
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2025-November/247020.html #GCCSteeringCommittee #Algol68 #FrontEnd #RetroTech #ProgrammingHumor #ExperimentalFeatures #HackerNews #ngated

🎉 The GCC Steering Committee, clearly yearning for a retro laugh, has added the 'experimental' Algol 68 Front End—complete with a 'but don't actually use it' disclaimer. 🚀 It's like inviting a vintage car to a drag race, but then reminding everyone it's just for show. 😂 If it rusts, it gets the boot. 🤷‍♂️
https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2025-November/247020.html #GCCSteeringCommittee #Algol68 #FrontEnd #RetroTech #ProgrammingHumor #ExperimentalFeatures #HackerNews #ngated

GCC SC approves inclusion of Algol 68 Front End

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2025-November/247020.html

#HackerNews #GCC #SC #Algol68 #FrontEnd #Programming #Languages #Compiler #Development

GCC SC approves inclusion of Algol 68 Front End

https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2025-November/247020.html

#HackerNews #GCC #SC #Algol68 #FrontEnd #Programming #Languages #Compiler #Development

To those it may concern: Mere hours into 2025 and some news I didn't expect to be writing about... An Oracle engineer has posted a set of patches implementing an #ALGOL68 programming language front-end for the #gcc

https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-ALGOL-68-Language-Front-End

Skoda makes a car for computer science professors lamenting the passing of #algol68 and rejoice the resurgence of another programming language that is equally impossible to learn and also makes write-only code?

Seriously, #scala is for showing off. Flexing in an academic environment, fine. Not in the real world. I would happily fire any programmer insisting on writing in Scala. Unmaintainable, unintelligible bullshit not needed in a commercial environment.

#programming

Skoda makes a car for computer science professors lamenting the passing of #algol68 and rejoice the resurgence of another programming language that is equally impossible to learn and also makes write-only code?

Seriously, #scala is for showing off. Flexing in an academic environment, fine. Not in the real world. I would happily fire any programmer insisting on writing in Scala. Unmaintainable, unintelligible bullshit not needed in a commercial environment.

#programming

Algol-68 seemed like a good idea – until it wasn’t | Michael Wirth

｢ But Algol-68 wasn’t really a new version of Algol, it was a whole new language. A very complex, and intriguing language, perhaps ahead of its time, perhaps too obscure ｣

https://craftofcoding.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/algol-68-seemed-like-a-good-idea-until-it-wasnt/

#algol68 #retrocomputing

Algol-68 seemed like a good idea – until it wasn’t | Michael Wirth

｢ But Algol-68 wasn’t really a new version of Algol, it was a whole new language. A very complex, and intriguing language, perhaps ahead of its time, perhaps too obscure ｣

https://craftofcoding.wordpress.com/2024/10/21/algol-68-seemed-like-a-good-idea-until-it-wasnt/

#algol68 #retrocomputing

@abucci #basic in 1972, #cobol, #fortran, #lisp, #algol68 1973-1976, #360assembler, #cobol, #scl, #bash, #perl 1976 onwards until retirement now just #python

@vpavlyshyn In what order did you learn your languages?

(as best as I can remember)

#Algol60 (1976 - high school)
#BASIC (1978)
#Pascal (1979 - university)
#Assembly (1980)
#PL/P (1981 - a subset of PL/1 developed by Prime Computer)
#COBOL (1981 - sandwich year job)
#APL (1982)
#Algol68 (1982)
#Lisp (1983)
#SML (1983 - postgrad work)
#Prolog (1984)
#Miranda (1985)
#C (1985)
#FORTRAN (1986)
#Smalltalk (1987)
#C++ (1992-1997 - ANSI X3J16 member)
#Java (1997)
#Perl (2001)
#ColdFusion (2002 - at Macromedia after they bought Allaire)
#Groovy (2007)
#Scala (2009)
#Clojure (2010)
#Python (2013)
#Ruby (2013)
#Elm (2013)
#GoLang (2014)
#Rust (2015)
#Kotlin (2017)

And various attempts at learning #Haskell since the mid-'90s!

#Clojure is my daily work language these days.

@vpavlyshyn In what order did you learn your languages?

(as best as I can remember)

#Algol60 (1976 - high school)
#BASIC (1978)
#Pascal (1979 - university)
#Assembly (1980)
#PL/P (1981 - a subset of PL/1 developed by Prime Computer)
#COBOL (1981 - sandwich year job)
#APL (1982)
#Algol68 (1982)
#Lisp (1983)
#SML (1983 - postgrad work)
#Prolog (1984)
#Miranda (1985)
#C (1985)
#FORTRAN (1986)
#Smalltalk (1987)
#C++ (1992-1997 - ANSI X3J16 member)
#Java (1997)
#Perl (2001)
#ColdFusion (2002 - at Macromedia after they bought Allaire)
#Groovy (2007)
#Scala (2009)
#Clojure (2010)
#Python (2013)
#Ruby (2013)
#Elm (2013)
#GoLang (2014)
#Rust (2015)
#Kotlin (2017)

And various attempts at learning #Haskell since the mid-'90s!

#Clojure is my daily work language these days.