Re: algol, was call by name

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William Clodius wrote:
> Note that the Burroughs (now Unisys) computers in the US relied on
> Algol, though that is the only computer company in the US that I know
> of that primarily used Algol.

(Responding to the use of the past tense...)

Unisys MCP series systems (whatever they're called these days) still use
Burroughs Extended ALGOL (which Unisys documentation now calls simply
"ALGOL").  Compilers, for example, are written in ALGOL, and other
system software is written in various extensions of ALGOL.

Louis