Programming language · 1958
ALGOL
Family of imperative computer programming languages.
AssemblyWritten in
1958First released
Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus SamelsonDeveloper
staticTyping
What is ALGOL written in?
The ALGOL compiler is written in Assembly (documented).
Quick Facts
- Designed by
- Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus Samelson
- First released
- 1958
- Typing
- static
About ALGOL
ALGOL is a family of imperative computer programming languages. It is a statically typed language that compiles ahead of time to native machine code. It supports imperative and procedural programming.
ALGOL first appeared in 1958 and was designed by Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus Samelson.
How ALGOL is implemented
In the Language Lineage dataset, its compiler is written in Assembly.
ALGOL in the language family tree
ALGOL drew on ideas from Fortran and went on to influence Simula, Pascal, C, C++, ALGOL 68, and BASIC.
Frequently Asked Questions
What language is ALGOL written in?
ALGOL is primarily implemented in Assembly. See the implementation section above for details and source references.
Which languages did ALGOL influence?
ALGOL influenced Simula, Pascal, C among others.
When was ALGOL first released?
ALGOL was first released in 1958. It was designed by Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus Samelson.
Evidence Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simula
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_(programming_language)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_(programming_language)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC
- ALGOL on Wikipedia
- ALGOL on Wikidata (Q188436)