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		jejones3141 on July 19, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Citrine: Localized Programming Language The first? Algol 68 allowed implementations to have language-specific versions of keywords. I remember seeing a French language Algol 68 book in the stacks at the OU library that had listings with French keywords. I don't remember what they did with the portmanteau words that Algol 68 (and much more so in the Revised Report) favored, like "ouse" and "elif".

vincent-manis on July 19, 2020 [–]

I remember using Université de Grenoble ALGOL 60 circa 1968 on an IBM 7044. All of the keywords were in French. I don't remember if anyone hacked it to add English equivalents. It was kind of fun to say 'DEBUT' for begin.

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