Re: ee9 V2.0, the GNU Ada KDF9 emulator

[robin.vowels@gmail.com]

On Sunday, November 8, 2015 at 12:34:11 PM UTC+11, Bill Findlay wrote:
> <r.nospam@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Friday, November 6, 2015 at 2:11:52 PM UTC+11, Bill Findlay wrote:
> >> .. is now available for OSX, Windows, Linux 32 & 64 bit, and Raspberry Pi,
> >> at:
> >> 
> >> http://www.findlayw.plus.com/KDF9/#Emulator
> > 
> > The URL says :
> > "KDF9 was one of the first computers to support Algol 60, ..."
> > 
> > In fact, the implementors of the KDF9 Algol compiler
> > adapted that compiler to run on DEUCE, before the KDF9 was available,
> > in order to test the design.
> > (you might recall that the KDF9 was running late).

> And you might recall what "one of" means.
> 
> The website at the URL also says: "[the KDF9 Algol project] engendered
> Algol 60 implementations on many other computers, including the EE DEUCE,

DEUCE Algol PREceded KDF9 Algol, as I said.
The X1 Algol compiler (1961, if not earlier) preceded KDF9
[and upon which the KDF9 Algol was based].

And you might recall that "engendered" is the term used,
and does not list other Algol implementations.

> the Ferranti Pegasus, the NPL ACE, the EE KDF6, the Soviet Minsk range, the
> EE System 4/50, the IBM System 360/25, the Phillips PRS8000, the Elliott
> 903, and the Indian ECIL TDC-316."

Some of these post-date KDF9 Algol.
ACE - 1955
EE System 4/50 - 1966