jc@mit-athena.UUCP (John Chambers) (03/05/85)
Hey, when can I get ahold of a usable (or even good) Algol68 compiler. I've been waiting 16 years already; it's about time that people stop saying how great it is and make the compilers available. I mean, I like C, sort of; it's a big improvement on Fortran and Pascal, and probably also on Ada (which I may get to use in my old age); but it does have a few minor problems here and there. C'mon, don't just keep saying how good it is, let's see the compilers. Is someone maybe writing a portable Algol68-to-C translator and a set of run-time routines, all in the public domain? Drool, drool, slobber, drool.... John Chambers
hkr4627@acf4.UUCP (Hedley K. J. Rainnie) (03/08/85)
Soon. The Amsterdam Compiler Kit's port will be ready in a while and we know that will be very versatile. Patience, great idea take time to come to fruition. Hedley