Pascal

E1927
high-level programming language procedural programming language programming language strongly typed programming language

Pascal is a high-level, strongly typed procedural programming language designed by Niklaus Wirth in the late 1960s, widely used for teaching structured programming and data structuring concepts.

Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Pascal programming language 4
ISO 7185 Pascal 2
ISO 7185 Pascal standard 2
ISO 10206 Extended Pascal 1
Object Pascal 1
Pascal (programming language) 1
Pascal API 1
Pascal programming language family 1
Pascal-SC dialect 1
UCSD Pascal 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-level programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
strongly typed programming language ⓘ
controlStructure for loop ⓘ
if-then-else ⓘ
repeat-until loop ⓘ
while loop ⓘ
designDate late 1960s ⓘ
designedFor good programming practices ⓘ
designer Niklaus Wirth ⓘ
evaluationStrategy call by reference (via var parameters) ⓘ
call by value ⓘ
firstAppeared 1970 ⓘ
goal to encourage structured programming and data structuring ⓘ
influenced Ada (programming language) ⓘ
Delphi (programming language) ⓘ
Modula-3 ⓘ
surface form: Modula

Modula-2 ⓘ
Oberon ⓘ
Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Object Pascal
influencedBy ALGOL 60 ⓘ
ALGOL W ⓘ
namedAfter Blaise Pascal ⓘ
notableImplementation GNU Pascal ⓘ
surface form: Free Pascal

GNU Pascal ⓘ
Turbo Pascal ⓘ
Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: UCSD Pascal
paradigm procedural ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ
platform cross-platform ⓘ
primaryUse teaching data structuring concepts ⓘ
teaching programming ⓘ
teaching structured programming ⓘ
scopeRule lexical scoping ⓘ
standard Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: ISO 10206 Extended Pascal

International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form: ISO 7185
standardizedBy International Organization for Standardization ⓘ
surface form: ISO
supports arrays ⓘ
enumerated types ⓘ
files ⓘ
functions ⓘ
nested procedures ⓘ
procedures ⓘ
records ⓘ
sets ⓘ
structured control flow ⓘ
subranges ⓘ
user-defined data types ⓘ
typingDiscipline static typing ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

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

subject surface form: ISO 10206 Extended Pascal
this entity surface form: Pascal programming language
UCSD p-System → basedOn → Pascal ⓘ
GPC → category → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascal programming language family
GNU Pascal → compatibleWith → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO 7185 Pascal standard
GNU Pascal → compatibleWith → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascal-SC dialect
subject surface form: Delphi
Niklaus Wirth → developed → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascal programming language
Modula-2 → extends → Pascal ⓘ
ALGOL W → hasSuccessor → Pascal ⓘ
subject surface form: TeX
GNU Pascal → implements → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO 7185 Pascal
ALGOL 60 → influenced → Pascal ⓘ
ALGOL W → influenced → Pascal ⓘ
Algol 68 → influenced → Pascal ⓘ
Pascal → influenced → Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Object Pascal
Go → influencedBy → Pascal ⓘ
Modula-2 → influencedBy → Pascal ⓘ
Oberon → influencedBy → Pascal ⓘ
Oberon-2 → influencedBy → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascal (programming language)
Lazarus IDE → isWrittenIn → Pascal ⓘ
Niklaus Wirth → knownFor → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pascal programming language
Pascal → notableImplementation → Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: UCSD Pascal
subject surface form: QuickDraw
this entity surface form: Pascal API
subject surface form: ISO 10206 Extended Pascal
this entity surface form: ISO 7185 Pascal standard
subject surface form: ISO 10206 Extended Pascal
this entity surface form: Pascal programming language
Pascal → standard → Pascal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO 10206 Extended Pascal
Oberon → successorTo → Pascal ⓘ
GPC → supportsLanguage → Pascal ⓘ
this entity surface form: ISO 7185 Pascal