Algol x


algol x
language
A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a “short-term solution to existing difficulties”. Three designs were proposed, by Wirth, Seegmuller and van Wijngaarden.
[Sammet 1969, p. 194].
(1995-05-07)

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