ALGOL 58

ALGOL 58, originally named IAL, is a member of the ALGOL family of computer programming languages. It was an early compromise design soon superseded by ALGOL 60. According to John Backus: The Zurich ACM-GAMM Conference had two principal motives in proposing the IAL: (a) To provide a means of communicating numerical methods and other procedures between people, and (b) To provide a means of realizing a stated process on a variety of machines... Wikipedia

Created Year: 1958
Designed by: Alan PerlisCharles KatzFriedrich L. BauerHeinz RutishauserJohn BackusKlaus Samelson
Developed by: Alan PerlisCharles KatzFriedrich L. BauerHeinz RutishauserJohn BackusKlaus Samelson
Named after: 1958
Aliases: ALGOrithmic Language 1958

Wikidata: Q1094499

Influenced: JOSSJOVIALMAD

Influenced by: FortranPlankalkül

Programming paradigms: imperative programmingprocedural programmingstructured programming

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Latest data update: 2025-08-02