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Burroughs Algol was based on Algol 60, Pascal was derived from Algol W which forked off from Algol 60 well before Algol 68, PL/I also predates Algol 68.
by fanf2 2y ago
Burroughs Algol was based on Algol 60, Pascal was derived from Algol W which forked off from Algol 60 well before Algol 68, PL/I also predates Algol 68.
- pjmlp 2y agoApparently you missed the point, "History would have been much different if Algol 68 hadn't existed in first place." Without the way Algol 68 went down, Algol W and the related events that gave birth to Pascal linage would never happened. Likewise, PL/I adoption linage would most likely taken a different evolution.