Comment by ht_th

I wrote a short chapter about the path from ALGOL 60 to ALGOL 68: https://heerdebeer.org/ALGOL/succession.html. Wirths role in the division in working group working on the successor of ALGOL 60 is striking. Actually, the whole history of ALGOL is interesting to get into. If you like history, I recommend browsing the Algol Bulletin from start to finish (http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/algol/algo...).