Language

ALGOL

Family of imperative computer programming languages

1959Appeared

13Languages it influenced

Facts

Appeared: 1959
Languages it influenced: 13
Kind: imperative programming language, structured programming language, procedural programming language
Paradigms: procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming
Designed by: Charles Katz, Hermann Bottenbruch, Bernard Vauquois, Joseph Henry Wegstein, Julien Green, Alan Perlis, Friedrich L. Bauer, Peter Naur, Heinz Rutishauser, John McCarthy, John Backus, Klaus Samelson +1
Influenced by: Fortran
Used for: creating, computer programming
Influences listed: 1

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
BASIC	1964	procedural programming, imperative programming, object-oriented programming, non-structured programming	—	21
BLISS	1970	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	—	—
C	1972	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming, multi-paradigm programming	manifest typing, static typing, nominative typing, weak typing	60
CGOL	1973	procedural programming	—	—
Icon	1977	procedural programming, structured programming, expression-oriented programming, multi-paradigm programming	dynamic typing	3
Mesa	1976	procedural programming	static typing, strong typing	2
Pascal	1970	structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, safe typing, strong typing	27
Pascal Script	2000	procedural programming, imperative programming, multi-paradigm programming, object-oriented programming	strong typing	—
PL/I	1964	concurrent computing, procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	strong typing	6
PL/M	1973	procedural programming, structured programming	—	—
REXX	1979	procedural programming, structured programming	dynamic typing	2
Scheme	1975	procedural programming, functional programming, imperative programming, metaprogramming	dynamic typing, latent typing, strong typing	16
SETL	1969	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming, object-oriented programming	dynamic typing	2

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
ALGOL N	—	—	—	—

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
ALGOL W	1966	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	1

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
XPL0	1976	procedural programming	—	—