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* syntax and [[Semantics_(computer_science)|semantics]] became even more orthogonal, with anonymous routines, a recursive typing system with higher-order functions, etc.;

* not only the context-free part, but the full language syntax and semantics were defined formally, in terms of [[Van Wijngaarden grammar]], a formalism designed specifically for this purpose.

ALGOL 68's many little-used language features (for example, concurrent and parallel blocks) and its complex system of syntactic shortcuts and automatic type coercions made it unpopular with implementers and gained it a reputation of being ''difficult''. [[Niklaus Wirth]] actually walked out of the design committee to create the simpler [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]] language.

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