This is the best book on Burroughs computers

https://dn720004.ca.archive.org/0/items/computer-system-organization-b-5700-b-6700-series/Computer%20System%20Organization%20B5700-B6700%20Series%20by%20Elliott%20I.%20Organick%20%28z-lib.org%29.pdf

#burroughs #algol

Burroughs perfected the computer language Algol, on the stack, unbreakable, like their hand-cranked calculator, all in open source.

People submitted patches, via C.U.B.E (Cooperative Users of Burroughs Equipment) group meetings on nine track reel tapes. And yes, I used to patch the Operating System, called MCP (Master Computing Program.

Then, imagine my surprise when this popped up:
https://algol-for-linux.com/

ugh... on April 1st...

#burroughs #algol #linux

I don't understand something: if the null pointer was a billion dollar mistake, and has caused pain and system crashes for decades, then why weren't there any attempts to just not implement it in an object-oriented system?
#programming #oop #nullsafety #nullpointer #null #billiondollarmistake #algol #java #c #question

Does anyone know a specific version of fortran or algol that does not have "for" as a reserved word, so it can be used as a variable or something, I need it for an exam. #programming #fortran #algol

Un día como hoy 1 de abril, en 1922 nace Alan Jay Perlis, en el seno de una familia judía en Pittsburgh, Pensilvania, y es considerado por muchos como el verdadero padre de la ciencias computacionales.
#AlanPerlis #CienciasComputacionales #algol #video #Efemerides #retrocomputingmx

Introduction of the #GOTO statement for #ALGOL 58:

Programming languages remind me of plumbing fittings. Once widely adopted they are almost impossible to eradicate, because application environments endure like old buildings and their sinks and toilets connected to pipe buried in walls and too expensive to change.

But #ALGOL seems to be fading more rapidly, apparently because decades ago it was the victim of over-thinking?

https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/gcc_15_is_close/

Is #GOTO just a four-letter word?

M. Hopkins (1972): A Case for the GOTO (https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/800194.805860)

#BASIC #Algol #Programming #ComputerHistory #ComputerArchaeolgy

YES

https://lemmy.ca/post/36226310

#gcc #algol #algol68 #opensource

1973 Room with ZAM-41 Beta computer. In the foreground from the left - operator's desk, Facit paper tape punch and Lorenz teletype. In the background workers at PT-2 tape memories. / The Capital Center of Electronic Computing Technology

• a 24-bit machine word divided into 4 characters of 6 bits and 3 characters of 8 bits
• single-address instructions with 15-bit address
• character set did not contain lowercase lettersspeed:
• over 30,000 fixed-point instructions per second
• memory read cycle: 6 or 10 µs[4]
• access time: 3.5 or 6 µs

#PJEG #JOM #SAS41 #SAKO #Algol #EOL #COBOL

Total produced: 16 pcs.

ZAM-41 Beta computer

#zam #polish #poland #computers #calculations #pt2 #tapestorage #electronic #oldtech #history #oldcomputers #lorenz #teletype #tewa #imm #warsaw

Keeping up with the latest #astronomy news in the stargazing app #StarWalk. #halloween #stargazing #astronomy #deep-sky #algol #betelgeuse https://starwalk.space/ay/en/halloween

Keeping up with the latest #astronomy news in the stargazing app #StarWalk. #halloween #stargazing #astronomy #deep-sky #algol #betelgeuse https://starwalk.space/ay/en/halloween

“Algol: Tragedy of Power” would make for a great double feature with “Metropolis” (1927)
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

So yes, “Algol: Tragedy of Power” has a handful of black actors in it but unfortunately for all of its Faustian tale of worker revolution it was still made in 1920s era Germany so they’re in subservient roles🙄
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

How much more German expressionist do the sets of “Algol: Tragedy of Power” need to be? None. None more German expressionist
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

I’m starting to think that giving a jerk power because he’s promising free space age electricity might be a bad idea
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

The star of “Algol: Tragedy of Power/Algol: Tragödie der Macht” (1920) is Emil Jannings, who most will remember from his collaborations with F. W. Murnau (“Faust”), Josef Von Sternberg (“The Blue Angel”) and Paul Leni (“Waxworks”). He won an Academy Award for “The Way of All Flesh” (1927) and “The Last Command” (1928) and is the only German to ever win Best Actor.
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol #EmilJannings #SciFi

“Les Vampires” vibes
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

Oops.. I totally forgot to mention: Turn on the captioning for “Algol: Tragedy of Power” - Sorry!
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol

Our first feature presentation tonight is the German expressionist film “Algol: Tragedy of Power/Algol: Tragödie der Macht” (1920) directed by theater director Hans Werckmeister (??? 1879-July 4, 1929) (https://youtu.be/HP6suMkBpA4?si=yf_SIgb2H0Z1s9Jq)
#SilentFlickerSunday #AlgolTragedyOfPower #Algol #HansWerckmeister #SciFi