History of Algol 60
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Main Steps in New Program Language Development:
1953 - Autocode
1956 - Fortran
1958 - Algol58
1960 - Algol60
1966 - AlgolW
1967 - Simula67
1972 - C
Three reasons of tragic (but still magestic) history of Algol60:
- absence of I/O procedures
- turmoil of 60-ies in new programming language creation (everybody wanted create his own language)
- IBM activity: they were afraid that Algol60 will "kill" Fortran
Bauer1958.pdf German GAMM proposal for Algol58
ACM_ALGOL_1958.pdf US ACM proposal for Algol58
ICIP-1959.pdf Algol58 standard proposal
interviewBauer.pdf An Interview with FRIEDRICH BAUER
AlgolHistory.pdf The History of the ALGOL Effort by HT de Beer
Bemer-Algol.pdf A Politico-Social History of Algol