| Discipline | Computer science |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1959–1988 |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | ALGOL Bull. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| ISSN | 0084-6198 |
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TheALGOL Bulletin (ISSN 0084-6198) was a periodical regarding theALGOL 60 andALGOL 68 programming languages. It was produced under the auspices ofIFIP Working Group 2.1 and published from March 1959 till August 1988.[1] Throughout its run, the periodical produced many influential programming language proposals,[2] while its open-dialogue nature prefigured the modern software developmentmailing list.[3]
The genesis forALGOL Bulletin came in November 1958 at a meeting inCopenhagen between 40 representatives from large commercial and academic computing institutions in Europe. Wishing to promogulate knowledge of theALGOL programming language to the broader computing world, the group discussed starting a newsletter.[4]: 174–175 [5]: 226 Peter Naur was tasked in February 1959 with editing and circulating the charter issue, which was published the following month, in March 1959.[5] Naur initially published the newsletter out of his work office atRegnecentralen in Copenhagen.[5]: 226 Within a year, theALGOL Bulletin became the main forum for development of the ALGOL language, circulating across Europe, the United States, and even theSoviet Union.[6] PerJean E. Sammet,ALGOL Bulletin remained more popular in Europe, while across the Atlantic theCommunications of the ACM was the periodical of choice for most American ALGOL enthusiasts.[4]: 174
Publication of theALGOL Bulletin was ceased between June 1962 and May 1964, shortly after theIFIP Working Group 2.1 was founded in April 1962 to support and maintainALGOL 60, the most popular specification of ALGOL.[5]: 227 [6]: 207–208 Development of ALGOL heretofore had been largely mediated through informal correspondence in theALGOL Bulletin, but external pressures to create a standards body such as the IFIP WG 2.1 led to the temporary collapse of theALGOL Bulletin.[5]: 227
TheALGOL Bulletin was revived in May 1964, operated under the auspices of the IFIP WG 2.1. Duncan Fraser took over as editor of the periodical from Naur.[4]: 175 The revivedALGOL Bulletin was published at irregular intervals until the final issue in August 1988.[5]: 228
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