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 It was an early compromise design soon superseded by ALGOL 60.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 Perlis • Klaus Samelson • Friedrich L. Bauer • Heinz Rutishauser • Charles Katz • John Backus
Developed by: Alan Perlis • Klaus Samelson • Friedrich L. Bauer • Heinz Rutishauser • Charles Katz • John Backus
Named after: 1958
Aliases: ALGOrithmic Language 1958

Wikidata: Q1094499

Influenced: JOSS • JOVIAL • MAD

Influenced by: Fortran • Plankalkül

Programming paradigms: procedural programming • structured programming • imperative programming