There is an appreciated substance to the phrase "ALGOL-like" which is often used in arguments about programming, languages and computation. ALGOL appears to be a durable model, and even flourishes under surgery — be it explorative, plastic, or amputative.

— Alan Perlis, The Synthesis of Algorithmic Systems (1966)

Source: http://awards.acm.org/images/awards/140/articles/0132439.pdf

From his 1966 'The Synthesis of Algorithmic Systems'.

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