ALGOL 68RS

ALGOL 68RS
Original author(s)I. F. Currie, J. D. Morrison
Developer(s)Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
Initial releaseAugust 1977; 47 years ago (1977-08)
Stable release
algol68toc 1.14 / 25 August 2012; 12 years ago (2012-08-25)
Written inALGOL 68
Operating systemVMS
PlatformICL 2900 Series, Multics, VAX
Available inEnglish
TypeCompiler, translator
LicenseFreeware, public domain (parts)
Websitealgol68.sourceforge.net

ALGOL 68RS is the second ALGOL 68 compiler written by I. F. Currie and J. D. Morrison, at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE).[1] Unlike the earlier ALGOL 68-R, it was designed to be portable, and implemented the language of the Revised Report.

Versions of ALGOL 68RS were written for the ICL 2900 Series, Multics, and VAX running VMS.[2][3]

Subsequently, parts of this compiler were released into the public domain, as a translator from ALGOL 68 to C, as part of the public release of the hardware description language ELLA, also by the RSRE.

  1. ^ Bond, S. G.; Woodward, P. M. (August 1977). "Introduction to the 'RS' Portable ALGOL 68 Compiler". Technical Note (802). Archived from the original on 14 December 2012.
  2. ^ Woodward, P. M.; Bond, S. G. (1983). Guide to ALGOL 68 for Users of RS Systems. Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7131-3490-2.
  3. ^ Lindsey, C. H. (August 1998). "Survey of Viable ALGOL 68 Implementations". ALGOL Bulletin (52): 5–8. ISSN 0084-6198.