Algol 68

E17646
ALGOL-family language high-level programming language programming language structured programming language

Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Algol 68 canonical 8
ALGOL 68 5
ALGOL family 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ALGOL-family language ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
structured programming language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
describedIn Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68
designedBy Adriaan van Wijngaarden ⓘ
IFIP Working Group 2.1 ⓘ
firstAppeared 1968 ⓘ
hasDesignGoal clarity of formal definition ⓘ
generality ⓘ
machine independence ⓘ
orthogonality of language features ⓘ
hasFeature automatic type coercion rules ⓘ
block structure ⓘ
concurrent programming primitives ⓘ
flexible arrays ⓘ
garbage collection (in some implementations) ⓘ
orthogonal design ⓘ
procedures as first-class values ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ
structured programming constructs ⓘ
union types ⓘ
user-defined data types ⓘ
hasImplementation Algol 68 Genie ⓘ
Algol 68C ⓘ
Algol 68R ⓘ
hasSubLanguage Algol 68S ⓘ
hasSyntax two-level grammar (van Wijngaarden grammar) ⓘ
influenced ABC programming language ⓘ
surface form: ABC (programming language)

Ada (programming language) ⓘ
surface form: Ada

Algol 68C ⓘ
Algol 68R ⓘ
Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Algol 68S

C ⓘ
CLU ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
Perl ⓘ
Python ⓘ
Scheme ⓘ
influencedBy ALGOL 60 ⓘ
BCPL ⓘ
surface form: CPL (programming language)
maintainedBy IFIP Working Group 2.1 ⓘ
paradigm imperative programming ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ
partOf Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ALGOL family
publicationYearOfRevisedReport 1973 ⓘ
standardizedBy IFIP ⓘ

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

Python → influencedBy → Algol 68 ⓘ
C → influencedBy → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL 68
Algol 68 → partOf → Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL family
Algol 68 → influenced → Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algol 68S
Algol 68 → describedIn → Algol 68 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68
ALGOL 60 → influenced → Algol 68 ⓘ
IFIP Working Group 2.1 → product → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL 68
Algol 68C → implementsLanguage → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol 68C → conformsTo → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algol 68 language specification
Adriaan van Wijngaarden → knownFor → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL 68
Algol 68 Genie → implementsLanguage → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol 68R → basedOn → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol 68R → influencedBy → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algol 68 report
Algol 68S → basedOn → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol 68S → isSubsetOf → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol 68S → influencedBy → Algol 68 ⓘ
Algol W → relatedTo → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL 68
ALGOL → notableVersion → Algol 68 ⓘ
this entity surface form: ALGOL 68