ALGOL 60

Member of the ALGOL family of computer programming languages

1960Appeared

static typing, strong typingType system

ISO 1538:1984Latest version

13Languages it influenced

Facts

Appeared: 1960
Type system: static typing, strong typing
Latest version: ISO 1538:1984 (October 15, 1984)
Languages it influenced: 13
First release: 1960
Kind: version, edition or translation
Paradigms: procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming
Designed by: John Backus
Developer: Charles Katz, Bernard Vauquois, Alan Perlis, Friedrich L. Bauer, Peter Naur, Heinz Rutishauser, John McCarthy, John Backus, Klaus Samelson, Adriaan van Wijngaarden
Preceded by: ALGOL 58
Succeeded by: ALGOL 68

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
Ada	1980	structured programming, imperative programming, multi-paradigm programming, object-oriented programming	static typing, nominative typing, safe typing, strong typing	15
ALGOL 68	1968	concurrent computing, imperative programming	static typing, safe typing, structural typing, strong typing	10
ALGOL W	1966	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	1
Atlas Autocode	1965	—	—	1
C	1972	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming, multi-paradigm programming	manifest typing, static typing, nominative typing, weak typing	60
CLU	1975	procedural programming, object-oriented programming	strong typing	5
Coral 66	1964	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	—
CPL	1963	procedural programming, functional programming, structured programming, imperative programming, multi-paradigm programming	—	3
Edinburgh IMP	1966	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	—
Euler	1965	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	dynamic typing	—
Forsythe	—	procedural programming	—	—
Pascal	1970	structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, safe typing, strong typing	27
Simula	1962	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming, object-oriented programming	static typing, nominative typing	10

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
ALGOL 58	1958	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	3

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
ALGOL 68	1968	concurrent computing, imperative programming	static typing, safe typing, structural typing, strong typing	10

Language	Appeared	Paradigms	Type system	Languages it influenced
Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language	1966	procedural programming, structured programming, imperative programming	static typing, strong typing	—