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   Andy Walker to our moderator   
   Re: Add nested-function support in a lan   
   14 Mar 18 16:37:11   
   
   From: anw@cuboid.co.uk   
      
   On 14/03/18 00:27, our moderator wrote:   
   > [How close did anyone get to implementing Algol 58?  I know about JOVIAL   
   > but I believe it was pretty far from full IAL. -John]   
      
   	AFAIK, no closer than Jovial.  In a sense, there never was a full   
   IAL;  the report was "preliminary", everyone was waiting for the proper   
   language, and once Algol 60 came out, they lost interest.   
      
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   Andy Walker,   
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