From: ben@bsb.me.uk   
      
   scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:   
      
   > Michael S  writes:   
   >>On Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:05:47 GMT   
   >>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) wrote:   
   ...   
   >>> There is still one computer system that uses Algol as both   
   >>> the system programming language, and for applications.   
   >>>   
   >>> Unisys Clearpath (descendents of the Burroughs B6500).   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>Is B6500 ALGOL related to A68?   
   >   
   > A-series ALGOL has many extensions.   
   >   
   > DCAlgol, for example, is used to create applications   
   > for data communications (e.g. poll-select multidrop   
   > applications such as teller terminals, etc).   
   >   
   > NEWP is an algol dialect used for systems programming   
   > and the operating system itself.   
   >   
   >   
   > ALGOL:   
   > https://public.support.unisys.com/aseries/docs/ClearPath-MCP-1   
   .0/86000098-517/86000098-517.pdf   
   > DCALGOL:   
   > https://public.support.unisys.com/aseries/docs/ClearPath-MCP-1   
   .0/86000841-208.pdf   
   > NEWP:   
   > https://public.support.unisys.com/aseries/docs/ClearPath-MCP-2   
   .0/86002003-409.pdf   
      
   None of these are related to Algol 68, any more than any other   
   Algol-like language might be.  None exhibit any of the key features that   
   distinguish Algol 68 from Algol 60 or any of the many Algol-like   
   languages such as Algol W or S-algol (sic).   
      
   --   
   Ben.   
      
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