Notable Compilers
See also: ALGOL 60: ALGOL 60 implementations timeline and List of compilers- Amsterdam Compiler Kit
- Berkeley Pascal, created by Ken Thompson in 1975.
- GNU Compiler Collection, formerly the GNU C Compiler. First created by Richard Stallman in 1987, GCC is the major compiler used to build Linux.
- Turbo Pascal, created by Anders Hejlsberg, first released in 1983.
- WATFOR, created at the University of Waterloo. One of the first popular educational compilers, although now largely obsolete.
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