ALGOL 60

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high-level programming language imperative programming language procedural programming language programming language

ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Algorithmic Language 1960 2
ALGOL 1
Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 60 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-level programming language ⓘ
imperative programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
executionModel compiled language ⓘ
follows ALGOL 58 ⓘ
hadLimitedAdoptionIn United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hadStrongerAdoptionIn Europe ⓘ
hasFeature arrays ⓘ
begin-end blocks ⓘ
block-structured control flow ⓘ
boolean data type ⓘ
for loops ⓘ
if then else ⓘ
integer data type ⓘ
pass-by-name parameters ⓘ
pass-by-value parameters ⓘ
real data type ⓘ
recursive procedures ⓘ
hasFullName ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Algorithmic Language 1960
hasInfluenceOn design of modern programming languages ⓘ
hasScopeRule lexical scope ⓘ
hasSyntaxDescription Backus–Naur Form ⓘ
influenced Ada (programming language) ⓘ
surface form: Ada

Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol W ⓘ
B ⓘ
BCPL ⓘ
C ⓘ
C++ ⓘ
Java ⓘ
Many later programming languages ⓘ
PL/I ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
Simula ⓘ
introducedConcept block structure ⓘ
call-by-name parameter passing ⓘ
call-by-value parameter passing ⓘ
lexical scoping ⓘ
nested function definitions ⓘ
structured programming constructs ⓘ
isSuccessorOf ALGOL 58 ⓘ
notableImplementation Burroughs B5000 ALGOL compiler ⓘ
IBM 7090 ALGOL compiler ⓘ
paradigm structured programming ⓘ
primaryDomain numerical analysis ⓘ
scientific computing ⓘ
publicationYearOfStandard 1963 ⓘ
shortNameOf ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Algorithmic Language 1960
standardDocument ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 60
wasDescribedUsing Backus–Naur Form ⓘ
wasDesignedBy Adriaan van Wijngaarden ⓘ
Alan Perlis ⓘ
surface form: Alan J. Perlis

Friedrich L. Bauer ⓘ
Heinz Rutishauser ⓘ
John Backus ⓘ
Klaus Samelson ⓘ
Peter Naur ⓘ
wasLessUsedIn commercial data processing ⓘ
wasPrecededBy ALGOL 58 ⓘ
wasStandardizedBy IFIP Working Group 2.1 ⓘ
wasWidelyUsedIn 1960s ⓘ
yearIntroduced 1960 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ALGOL W → basedOn → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
Simula → basedOn → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
ALGOL W → follows → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
ALGOL 60 → hasFullName → ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algorithmic Language 1960
ALGOL W → influencedBy → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
Algol 68 → influencedBy → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
C++ → influencedBy → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL
Pascal → influencedBy → ALGOL 60 ⓘ
ALGOL 60 → shortNameOf → ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algorithmic Language 1960
ALGOL 60 → standardDocument → ALGOL 60 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 60