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Line 48: ==Algol68's tone== I've made one edit to the Algol68 entry but the overall tone of the author is wrong. The task - All the RC Tasks apply to multiple languages for the purposes of language ''comparison''. One should ~~crate~~create language entries preferably with that in mind and not slag off task descriptions out of hand - especially when there are so many examples from other languages that manage to complete the task with a relatively minor set of issues on this discussion page. --[[User:Paddy3118\|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118\|talk]]) 18:09, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Strange? this entry: [[Arbitrary-precision_integers_(included)#ALGOL_68]]has a comment mentioning that Algol68's stack needs alteration for another task. It seems that recursion limits may be reached in accomplishing other RC tasks and Algol68 includes ways to modify it. Why not just plainly state this? --[[User:Paddy3118\|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118\|talk]]) 18:31, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Fair comment. I've made another change which reduces expression of the strength of my opinions further. The comment immediately above refers to the need to expand the size of the expression stack. As numerical precision increases expressions need ever more space for sub-expression evaluation. Recursion, on the other hand, uses the system stack and I know of no way to expand that within the confines of Genie itself. I think it very important to distinguish between what a language, such as ALGOL 68, can provide and what a particular implementation of a language, such as Algol 68 Genie, provides. That's why I try hard to indicate which particular implementation and its environment is assumed when that is important. ---- :Sorted. Thanks. --[[User:Paddy3118\|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118\|talk]]) 18:53, 10 August 2015 (UTC) Given that changes had to made to the Algol68 entry here, may I respectfully request that a similar change be made to [[Longest_string_challenge#D]]? Sauce for the gander and all that. The commentary on the C entry is also sailing close to the wind, IMO, but the talk page helps remedy the situation. : Sorted, but you can also ask authors to put such comments on the talk page where, you never know, such comments may prompt a change or a clarification. --[[User:Paddy3118\|Paddy3118]] ([[User talk:Paddy3118\|talk]]) 18:35, 13 August 2015 (UTC)