ALGOL family programming language

C2955 concept

An ALGOL family programming language is a high-level, block-structured, imperative language descended from the original ALGOL designs, characterized by clear syntax, lexical scoping, and strong influence on later mainstream languages like Pascal, C, and Java.

Observed surface forms (5)

  • ALGOL-family language ×1
  • Oberon-family language ×1
  • block-structured programming language ×1
  • programming language family ×1
  • subset of Ada ×1

Instances (6)

  • ALGOL W
  • Algol 68 via concept surface "ALGOL-family language"
  • Ravenscar profile via concept surface "subset of Ada"
  • BASIC via concept surface "programming language family"
  • Component Pascal via concept surface "Oberon-family language"
  • CLU via concept surface "block-structured programming language"