Paolo AmorosoJun 19

I missed by a month or so the 65th birthday of Algol 60 but it's still time to celebrate with this article on the 60th birthday.

https://www.theregister.com/2020/05/15/algol_60_at_60

#algol #retrocomputing

ALGOL 60 at 60: The greatest computer language you've never used and grandaddy of the programming family tree

Back to the time when tape was king

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Show threadKent PitmanJun 19

@amoroso @vnikolov

It's really stunning that it does not mention the Scheme language, which not only derives specific inspiration but quite faithfully copied the typography of the Algol 60 report into the early revised reports on Scheme. Compare cover pages.

Show threadVassil Nikolov

> 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

Jun 19 at 11:15amWeb