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by int_19h 555 days ago
Reading the ALGOL 68 spec[1] today, it feels like complexity is mainly about the unusual verbiage used (which, as I understand, was equally unusual at the time, being introduced specifically for it). The language itself is pretty mundane by modern standards.

[1] http://www.math.bas.bg/bantchev/place/algol68/a68rr.html