Chapter 2, Problem 8PS

Explanation of Solution

Important reasons for ALGOL 60 for not becoming a very widely used language:

The three important reasons for the lack of wide spread use of ALGOL 60 is given below:

• The major reason which damaged the widespread use of ALGOL 60 was the lack of input and output statements in the language.
  • This affected the portability of ALGOL programs because implementation of input-output required being machine dependent.
• Description of the language using Backus Normal Form or Backus–Naur Form (BNF) notation at that time made description strange and complicated...