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==Description==
==Description==
Historically important programming language, descendants include [[Pascal]], [[C]], [[C++]], [[Modula-2]], [[BCPL]], [[PL/I]], [[Oberon]], [[Java]], [[Simula]] and [[Smalltalk]]
Historically important programming language, descendants include [[Pascal]], [[C]], [[C++]], [[Modula-2]], [[BCPL]], [[PL/I]], [[Oberon]], [[Java]], [[Simula]] and [[Smalltalk]]. Initially introduced in 1958 as ALGOL, but that variant is now usually known as '''Algol-58''', it drew its inspiration from the programming languages IT, Plankalkül and [[FORTRAN]].


====Algol-W====
====Algol-W====
By now mostly forgotten, but at the time a superior implementation of ALGOL available for the [[IBM]] [[System 360]] and based on the earlier Euler Algol variant. Source code for the Stanford distribution can be [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/source/algol_w/mts/d3.0/ found here]
By now mostly forgotten, but at the time a superior implementation of ALGOL available for the [[IBM]] [[System 360]] and based on the earlier Euler Algol variant. Source code for the Stanford distribution can be [http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/source/algol_w/mts/d3.0/ found here]


====Algol 68====
Pretty much the only variant of the language that sees any use these days, and is in fact seeing something of a mini-renaissance. Algol-68 reached a surprising popularity in Holland with the universities there refusing to buy computer systems that did not support the language in the 70's. There is at the least one very good implementation for 32 bit OS/2 showed up in the form of [[OCCL Algol 68]].


Other variations of the language include the Japanese '''ALGOL-N''' a simplified subset of Algol-68 that was quite popular in Asia in the 1970's in particular on Japanese computer hardware.  
Other variations of the language include the Japanese '''ALGOL-N''' a simplified subset of Algol-68 that was quite popular in Asia in the 1970's in particular on Japanese computer hardware.  

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Description

Historically important programming language, descendants include Pascal, C, C++, Modula-2, BCPL, PL/I, Oberon, Java, Simula and Smalltalk. Initially introduced in 1958 as ALGOL, but that variant is now usually known as Algol-58, it drew its inspiration from the programming languages IT, Plankalkül and FORTRAN.

Algol-W

By now mostly forgotten, but at the time a superior implementation of ALGOL available for the IBM System 360 and based on the earlier Euler Algol variant. Source code for the Stanford distribution can be found here

Algol 68

Pretty much the only variant of the language that sees any use these days, and is in fact seeing something of a mini-renaissance. Algol-68 reached a surprising popularity in Holland with the universities there refusing to buy computer systems that did not support the language in the 70's. There is at the least one very good implementation for 32 bit OS/2 showed up in the form of OCCL Algol 68.

Other variations of the language include the Japanese ALGOL-N a simplified subset of Algol-68 that was quite popular in Asia in the 1970's in particular on Japanese computer hardware.

A list of OS/2 implementations of Algol


OS/2 Libraries and class libraries

GUI and application generators with Algol output

Translators that generate Algol output

Workframes and or IDE's

Editors with Algol support

A list of DOS implementations of Algol

DOS Libraries and class libraries

A list of Algol implementations that run under WinOS/2

A list of Algol implementations that run under Java

A list of Algol implementations in JavaScript

Generic or cross platform source code

Publications

Local articles

External articles

Tutorials and other learning material

Standards

Algol history