11 Apr
2026
11 Apr
'26
10:06 p.m.
On Apr 11, 2026, at 7:03 AM, Keith Halewood
<Keith.Halewood(a)pitbulluk.org> wrote:
The VAX vector process was also a great deal of fun for an implementation of Algol 68 we
were working on.
Neat. I'm a fan of that language, though opportunities to use it have not been
common.
Did you know that the GCC suite now contains an Algol 68 front end? That would imply that
in theory (give or take any needed machine-dependent bits) you can now compile Algol 68
programs for a whole lot of different machines, possibly including the VAX. Hm, I wonder
about PDP-11. That would be wild. Will have to try that.
paul