CLU

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block-structured programming language high-level programming language imperative programming language procedural programming language programming language

CLU is an early high-level programming language from the 1970s that pioneered data abstraction, iterators, and exception handling, significantly influencing the design of later languages.

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instanceOf block-structured programming language ⓘ
high-level programming language ⓘ
imperative programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
designedAt MIT Laboratory for Computer Science NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedBy Alan Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Alan Snyder NERFINISHED ⓘ
Barbara Liskov NERFINISHED ⓘ
Craig Schaffert NERFINISHED ⓘ
Russell Atkinson NERFINISHED ⓘ
developer Massachusetts Institute of Technology NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasConcept cluster as a module for an abstract data type ⓘ
signal and except for exception handling ⓘ
yield-based iterators ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1970s ⓘ
inception 1973 ⓘ
1974 ⓘ
influenced Ada NERFINISHED ⓘ
C++ NERFINISHED ⓘ
CLU-like languages ⓘ
Java NERFINISHED ⓘ
data abstraction mechanisms in later languages ⓘ
exception handling mechanisms in later languages ⓘ
iterator constructs in later languages ⓘ
object-oriented programming languages ⓘ
influencedBy ALGOL NERFINISHED ⓘ
ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lisp NERFINISHED ⓘ
Simula NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature checked exceptions ⓘ
clusters ⓘ
data abstraction ⓘ
exception handling ⓘ
iterators ⓘ
multiple return values ⓘ
parameterized types ⓘ
separate interface and implementation ⓘ
type-safe programming ⓘ
paradigm data abstraction–oriented ⓘ
modular ⓘ
procedural ⓘ
primaryUse research in programming language design ⓘ
teaching data abstraction concepts ⓘ
supports abstract data types ⓘ
exception declarations ⓘ
generic programming via parameterized types ⓘ
iterators as first-class constructs ⓘ

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Algol 68 → influenced → CLU ⓘ
Swift → influencedBy → CLU ⓘ
subject surface form: Swift (programming language)