From 89abc85ef2dac468a97ba7659dd95d304d1886f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marc Schoolderman Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:33:08 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] add README --- README.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ec1fcbd --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Advent of Code 2021, 1968 style +------------------------------- +Can you use a historical programming language to solve modern programming puzzles? + +Let's use the most modern, most ambitious, most elegant, most controversial, +most hated, and most significant flop of a language ever: ALGOL 68. + +This requires Algol68Genie, by Marcel van der Veer: + +https://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/en.algol-68-genie.html + +Some recent background material: + +https://accu.org/journals/overload/26/148/james_2586/ + +https://opensource.com/article/20/6/algol68