ALGOL W
{{language|ALGOL W |parampass=both |strength=strong |safety=safe |express=explicit |compat=nominative |checking=both |LCT=yes}} Algol W is a successor to [[wp:Algol 60|Algol 60]] closely based on A Contribution to the Development of ALGOL by [[wp:Niklaus Wirth|Niklaus Wirth]] and [[wp:C.A.R. Hoare|C. A. R. Hoare]]. It includes dynamically allocated records, string handling, complex numbers and a standard I/O system. A copy of the Algol W Language Description can be found on Karl Kleine's [http://www.fh-jena.de/~kleine/history/history.html Historic Documents in Computer Science] page. [http://everything2.com/title/Algol%2520W Dabcanboulet's Algol W @ Everything2] page contains an excellent history and tutorial.
[http://www.jampan.co.nz/~glyn/ aw2c] is a new compiler for the Algol W language. It is a complete implementation of the language described in the Algol W Language Description, June 1972. aw2c should be able to compile code intended for the [[wp:OS/360|OS/360]] Algol W compilers with little or no modification. See the aw2c manual for more details.
aw2c correctly compiles Tony Marsland's computer [[wp:chess|chess]] player [http://webdocs.cs.ualberta.ca/~tony/Public/Awit-Wita-ComputerChess/ Awit] and Hendrik Boom's [http://mtn-host.prjek.net/projects/a68h/ A68H] [[Algol 68]] compiler.
==See also== *[[ALGOL 60]] *[[ALGOL 68]] {{language programming paradigm|Concurrent}} {{stub}}