• DocumentCode
    883057
  • Title

    Algol

  • Author

    Woodger, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, Middlesex, England.
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1964
  • Firstpage
    377
  • Lastpage
    381
  • Abstract
    After tracing the history of the development of ALGOL this paper discusses its current status as a candidate for adoption as an international standard. The main features of the language are then described and an example of ALGOL programming is provided and explained.
  • Keywords
    Certification; Computer languages; Helium; History; Humans; Machinery; Meeting planning; Natural languages; Proposals; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronic Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0367-7508
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PGEC.1964.263817
  • Filename
    4038200