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==Resources==
* [http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/algol/algol_bulletin ALGOL BULLETIN] - March 1959 to August 1988, in 52 issues[http://archive.computerhistory.org/resources/text/algol/algol_bulletin]
* [https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/algol68-user Algol68 mailinglist] - December 2008 - algol68-user AT lists.sourceforge.net[https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/algol68-user]
* Algol68 group at linked: [http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Algol68-2333923 Algol68 group at linkedin] - includes various famous compiler composers.
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'''Books available online''':
* [http://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/algol68g.pdf Algol 68G Manual - By Marcel van der Veer] Includes the Revised Report
* [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/book/pame.2008.a4.pdf Programming Algol 68 Made Easy - by Sian Mountbatten (on softwarepreservation.org)]
* [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/book/Lindsey_van_der_Meulen-IItA68-Revised.pdf Informal Introduction to Algol 68 - by C. H. Lindsey & S. V. Van der Meulen (on softwarepreservation.org)] - if you prefer (and find) a hardcopy, be sure to get the 1977 edition. Highly recomended!
 
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FYI: There are two online manual pages:
'''Editor modes''':
* [http://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/algol68g.pdf Algol 68G Manual - By Marcel van der Veer]
* [http://www.poenikatujemarch.co.uk/algol68net/a68-mode.el ProgrammingEmacs mode] for Algol 68 Made Easysupporting -syntax Sianhighlighting Mountbatten]and context-sensitive indentation.
 
Or - if you prefer a hardcopy - you can try and pick up a hard cover manual like "''Informal Introduction to Algol 68''" - by C. H. Lindsey & S. V. Vander Meulen. Be sure to get the 1977 edition:
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0720405041/ref=dp_olp_used?ie=UTF8&condition=used www.amazon.com] - Aboout $119
* [http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Informal-Introduction-to-ALGOL-68/C-H-Lindsey/e/9780720407266/?itm=3&USRI=Informal+Introduction+to+Algol+68 barnesandnoble.com] - about $40
IItA68 is a beautiful book, and makes great "bedtime" reading... Highly recommended!
* '''NEW:''' [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/book/Lindsey_van_der_Meulen-IItA68-Revised.pdf softwarepreservation.org has an on-line IItA68 PDF] ready for download.
 
Editor modes:
* [http://www.jemarch.net/a68-mode Emacs mode] for Algol 68 supporting syntax highlighting and context-sensitive indentation.
* [http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1927 Vim script] providing support for syntax highlighting.
* '''NEW:''' [http://qbnz.com/highlighter/demo.php GeSHi syntax highlighting]
 
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