ALGOL 68 and Its Impact on the USSR and Russian Programming

Author

Terekhov, Andrey

Author_Institution

St. Petersburg State Univ., St. Petersburg, Russia

fYear

2014

fDate

13-17 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

106

Abstract

In this article history of Algol 68, USSR research groups implementing this language and it´s impact on the programming as a whole in USSR are described. Algol 68 Working Group headed by academician Andrey Ershov was organized. This group had meetings 4-5 times a year in different USSR cities where Russian terminology, practical questions of translation technique, etc were discussed. History of A68LGU translator development is described. This Algol 68 translator was very popular in USSR both in the universities and industrial enterprises. DSL (Domain Specific Languages) languages based on Agol 68 and their usage in the USSR are shown. Also some questions of Algol 68 use in education and it´s role in new HLL (High Level Language) computers creation is mentioned.

Keywords

ALGOL; ALGOL 68; DSL; HLL; Russian programming; Russian terminology; USSR; computer creation; domain specific language; high level language; industrial enterprises; translation technique; translator development; universities; Computers; Domain specific languages; Educational institutions; Grammar; Optimization; Programming; Standards; ALGOL 68; DSL; HLL computer; compiler; compiler technique; education; history of programming; translator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Technology in Russia and in the Former Soviet Union (SoRuCom), 2014 Third International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kazan

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SoRuCom.2014.29

Filename

7032965