ALGOL 68RS

ALGOL 68RS is the second ALGOL 68 compiler written by I. F. Currie and J. D. Morrison, at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE). Unlike the earlier ALGOL 68-R, it was designed to be portable, and implemented the language of the Revised Report.

ALGOL 68RS
Original author(s)I. F. Currie, J. D. Morrison
Developer(s)Royal Signals and Radar Establishment
Initial releaseAugust 1977 (1977-08)
Stable release
algol68toc 1.14 / 25 August 2012 (2012-08-25)
Written inALGOL 68
Operating systemVMS
PlatformICL 2900 Series, Multics, VAX
Available inEnglish
TypeCompiler, translator
LicenseFreeware, public domain (parts)
Websitealgol68.sourceforge.net

Versions of ALGOL 68RS were written for the ICL 2900 Series, Multics, and VAX running VMS.

Subsequently, parts of this compiler were released into the public domain, as a translator from ALGOL 68 to C, as part of the public release of the hardware description language ELLA, also by the RSRE.

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