Re: vocabulary...

the Omrud (or somebody else of the same name) wrote in message
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On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:10:47 GMT, the Omrud
<usenet.omrud@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx had it ...

On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:47:14 GMT, "James Silverton"
<not.jim.silverton@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Does anyone use Algol these days?

I don't know, but it would be risky to say "No".

Algol 68 lives on in S3, which is the systems language of the ICL VME
mainframe operating system.

In which I have programmed, and for which <pull down loft
ladder, climb, grab two folders whilst still on ladder, descend>
I have the manuals next to this keyboard:

RP0084 _S3 Language_ First Edition,
RP0085 _Using SCS_ , Second Edition

where SCS is the compiler.

I found it a delightful language to use.

You might want to look at details of VME Nova and <tada!> SuperNova.
Run VME on your desktop. If you can afford the licence.

Continuing the star connection I see.

To the astronomer, Algol aka Beta Persei is a binary star in which (as seen
from Earth) the smaller star transits across the big one, causing a
noticeable dip in brightness, at regular intervals of about 69 hours.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algol
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