a68 (Algol 68) ?
Arnold Robbins
arnold at gatech.CSNET
Tue Apr 30 02:33:05 AEST 1985
> > In looking at the Feb 1985 ;login:, published by USENIX, I see that the
> > 1981 tape has something on it called 'a68'. I am assuming that this is
> > an Algol 68 compiler for some version of Unix.
> >
> > Arnold Robbins
>
> Funny, my first impression would have been a 68000 assembler. I have
> badly corrupted.
>
> John Selhorst decwrl!{amd!cae780,sun!sunncal}!leadsv!horst
I got lots of mail about this; everyone agrees that it is indeed an
assembler for the Motorola 68000. It looks like I'm going to have to
wait for the Amsterdam Compiler Kit version to come out.
I don't remember where I read it, but it seems to me that either Berkeley
or Bell Labs research had an Algol 68 compiler, called 'a68', which is why
I was hoping that that was what was on the Usenix tape.
Thanks to all who replied,
--
Arnold Robbins
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