Algol 68

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf ALGOL-family language →
high-level programming language →
programming language →
structured programming language →
countryOfOrigin Netherlands →
describedIn 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) →
Ada →
Algol 68C →
Algol 68R →
Algol 68S →
C →
CLU →
Pascal →
Perl →
Python →
Scheme →
influencedBy ALGOL 60 →
CPL (programming language) →
maintainedBy IFIP Working Group 2.1 →
paradigm imperative programming →
procedural programming →
structured programming →
partOf ALGOL family →
publicationYearOfRevisedReport 1973 →
standardizedBy IFIP →
Referenced by (9)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
ALGOL 60 →
Algol 68 ("Algol 68S") →
influenced
C ("ALGOL 68") →
Python →
influencedBy
Algol 68C ("Algol 68 language specification") →
conformsTo
Algol 68 ("Revised Report on the Algorithmic Language Algol 68") →
describedIn
Algol 68C →
implementsLanguage
Algol 68 ("ALGOL family") →
partOf
IFIP Working Group 2.1 ("ALGOL 68") →
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