As Hoare said of ALGOL 60: “Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors”
ALGOL 60 Implementation by Randell and Russell is a fantastic introduction to writing an Algol compiler. The techniques described became the standard way of doing things for a decade or two, with many still in use.
As Hoare said of ALGOL 60: “Here is a language so far ahead of its time, that it was not only an improvement on its predecessors, but also on nearly all its successors”
ALGOL 60 Implementation by Randell and Russell is a fantastic introduction to writing an Algol compiler. The techniques described became the standard way of doing things for a decade or two, with many still in use.
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