Reply to post: Re: .. never used .. ?

ALGOL 60 at 60: The greatest computer language you've never used and grandaddy of the programming family tree

Arthur the cat Silver badge

Re: .. never used .. ?

I still have both the yellow 1971 first edition and green 1974 second edition of the users guide, plus a library manual circa 1974/5, both much used(*). They're surprisingly small compared to modern language manuals.

I also (mostly) remember an evening's drinking with Ian Currie at a conference.

(*) To seriously get into greybeard one-upmanship, I also have a draft copy of the blue Smalltalk 80 book printed by Adele Goldberg on a Parc laser printer.

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon