From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihps3!ixn5c!inuxc!pur-ee!CSvax:cak
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Title: Algol 68?
Article-I.D.: purdue.410
Posted: Fri Oct 22 09:47:36 1982
Received: Sat Oct 23 04:43:44 1982

I have heard it said many times that any computer scientist worth
his salt should take a swipe at understanding Algol68. This is all
well and good, except:

	o There don't seem to be any working a68 compilers around
	  for people to play with (at least not on Unix, unless
	  they're hiding somewhere).

	o There don't seem to be any well-known (to me, at least)
	  texts on the language, and all the original papers
	  are pretty old and not in many libraries; besides which, 
	  where do you start looking? Sigplan notices in Fall of 66?

So, my query is: does anyone know of a good a68 text? Can you point
me at a compiler? Can you point me at the original articles?

Umm, thanks in advance (isn't that how it goes?).

Cheers,
chris