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Re: There's legacy, and there's legacy

A reminder that the "International Algorithmic Language" referred to is Algol, but whether Algol-60 or Algol-59 I do not know.

When I worked for Burroughs back in the day, I was once shown the two file drawers containing the punch card source of a Jovial compiler for Burroughs' "large systems". It was never finished. (Burroughs had significant aeronautic expertise.)

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