Algorithmic Language

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Algorithmic Language (ALGOL) is a pioneering family of high-level programming languages that heavily influenced the design of many later languages and the development of structured programming.

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instanceOf high-level programming language
programming language
programming language family
alsoKnownAs IAL NERFINISHED
designedFor expressing algorithms
scientific computation
designer Friedrich L. Bauer NERFINISHED
John Backus NERFINISHED
Peter Naur NERFINISHED
developedBy international committee of computer scientists NERFINISHED
era early high-level programming languages
field computer science
programming languages
firstStandardized 1960
fullName Algorithmic Language NERFINISHED
International Algebraic Language NERFINISHED
hasVersion ALGOL 58 NERFINISHED
ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED
ALGOL 68 NERFINISHED
impact foundation of structured programming concepts
major influence on later language design
influenced Ada NERFINISHED
Ada NERFINISHED
Algol W NERFINISHED
B programming language NERFINISHED
BCPL NERFINISHED
Backus–Naur Form NERFINISHED
C programming language NERFINISHED
C programming language NERFINISHED
Modula NERFINISHED
Modula-2 NERFINISHED
Oberon NERFINISHED
PL/I NERFINISHED
Pascal NERFINISHED
Pascal NERFINISHED
Simula NERFINISHED
Structured programming
block-structured programming
influencedBy Fortran NERFINISHED
notableFeature Backus–Naur Form specification NERFINISHED
block structure
call-by-name parameter passing
concurrent programming constructs
formal syntax specification
lexical scoping
orthogonal design
recursive procedures
structured control flow
user-defined data types
shortName ALGOL NERFINISHED
standardizedBy IFIP Working Group 2.1 NERFINISHED
successor ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED
yearIntroduced 1958
1960
1968

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ALGOL fullName Algorithmic Language
ALGOL abbreviationOf Algorithmic Language