> On Oct 22, 2025, at 3:37 PM, carl hansen via Gcc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Consider GNU Pascal https://gnu-pascal.de https://github.com/hebisch/gpc
>
> Only configured to compile with gcc 2, 3, 4. (if at all) Would be good
> to get into gcc 16. Should be doable. It's a puzzle I haven't spent
> the time to make it happen, if anyone else moves in that direction, great.
>
> Pascal is historically important, the hot language in the early 1980s.
> For instance, the first Macintosh os, Adobe products. TeX. The language of
> "Advanced Placement" exams in high shchool. If my historical knowledge is
> correct N. Wirth was on the Algol committee, and thought "I can do better",
> came up with pascal, and later Modula-2, already in gcc....
I think Wirth (along with Dijkstra) was among the ALGOL 60 leaders who
dissented from the direction ALGOL 68 was taking.
Speaking of historically important, I agree about Pascal, and also Algol 68,
but clearly that principle applies even more strongly for Algol 60. I wonder
how hard that would be. Simpler than Pascal or Modula, certainly.
paul
