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There's a 15 years old Vim syntax file for the Algol 68 language
available (algol68.vim, release 0.2). Unfortunately there's a couple
of elementary functions missing. Since I suppose it's not maintained
any more after that long time I've done some basic additions myself
and created an (unofficial) release 0.3.

In case there's some more dinosaurs (like myself) around who want it,
you can find it currently here: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim
(see also: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim_README).

Janis
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In article <106131k$2489k$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

There's a 15 years old Vim syntax file for the Algol 68 language
available (algol68.vim, release 0.2). Unfortunately there's a couple
of elementary functions missing. Since I suppose it's not maintained
any more after that long time I've done some basic additions myself
and created an (unofficial) release 0.3.

In case there's some more dinosaurs (like myself) around who want it,
you can find it currently here: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim
(see also: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim_README).

I'm curious - does this mean you are actually doing A68 programming?

What compiler (or interpreter) are you using? Is it publicly available?
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On 26.07.2025 02:01, Kenny McCormack wrote:

In article <106131k$2489k$1@dont-email.me>,
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

[...]

I'm curious - does this mean you are actually doing A68 programming?

Yes, but not professionally, only for "recreational purposes".

What compiler (or interpreter) are you using? Is it publicly available?

It's Marcel van der Veer's Genie "compiler-interpreter" (as he
calls it). The software is high quality. It's still maintained
(although it seems to not need much maintenance). And, yes,
it's publicly available (including a 700 page documentation).[*]

Janis

[*] https://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/en.algol-68-genie.html

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On 26/07/2025 10:45, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

On 26.07.2025 02:01, Kenny McCormack wrote:

I'm curious - does this mean you are actually doing A68 programming?

Yes, but not professionally, only for "recreational purposes".

Likewise. I'm long retired, so have no "professional" reason
to write programs, but the joy of A68G re-kindled my interest. The
compiler is fast enough to make A68G usable as a scripting language
[programs of 500 lines or so compile in around 1/30 of a second on
my machine, and they run around 2000 times faster than they used to
on our university mainframe in the 1970s].

What compiler (or interpreter) are you using? Is it publicly available?

It's Marcel van der Veer's Genie "compiler-interpreter" (as he
calls it). The software is high quality. It's still maintained
(although it seems to not need much maintenance). And, yes,
it's publicly available (including a 700 page documentation).[*]
Janis
[*] https://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/en.algol-68-genie.html

I can endorse JP's comments. In addition, I've always found
Marcel to be very responsive in dealing with problems/infelicities.
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I've noticed yet a lot more functions in the Genie compiler-interpreter
that are not part of the algol68.vim syntax file. I decided to add them
as soon as I stumble across them and continue expanding the syntax file
step by step (without further notice). The updated files are accessible
through the links below, the implicit version numbers are counted as
0.3, 0.3a, 0.3b; see the README-file for the additions. Only the latest
version will be made available @gridbug and supersede any previous one.

Janis


On 26.07.2025 01:12, Janis Papanagnou wrote:

There's a 15 years old Vim syntax file for the Algol 68 language
available (algol68.vim, release 0.2). Unfortunately there's a couple
of elementary functions missing. Since I suppose it's not maintained
any more after that long time I've done some basic additions myself
and created an (unofficial) release 0.3.

In case there's some more dinosaurs (like myself) around who want it,
you can find it currently here: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim
(see also: http://random.gridbug.de/algol68.vim_README).

Janis

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