Talk:ALGOL W

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I added the reference below, and it was removed by User:Prosfilaes with the comment "(everything2 is not appropriate as an external link)". Why is everything2 not appropriate? This article is the only detailed, first-person description of the Algol W I can find on the Internet: it is particularly useful.

• Algol W @ Everything2 An informal but detailed description of the language by a former user, with sidebars extolling Algol W over Pascal as an Educational programming language.

[edit] Location of Source or Binary of any Algol-W compiler

Can someone add a link or reference to where this any compiler for this language is still available or can be downloaded? What are/were the target CPUs/Operating systems?

NevilleDNZ 21:01, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

It wasn't a compiler; it was a programming language.--Prosfilaes 15:15, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Also: Does anyone still have a IBM Algol-W punch card. It had reserved words coded together with ASCII in one byte. NevilleDNZ 07:56, 30 December 2006 (UTC)