ALGOL

ALGOL (Algorithmic Language) introduced ideas that almost all modern languages inherited: code blocks, control structures and lexical scope. Though rarely used in production, its influence on C, Pascal and their descendants is immense.

• Creado por Comité internacional
• Año 1958
• Paradigma: Structured imperative · compiled
• Extensiones: .alg

Para qué se usa

• Publishing algorithms
• Historical influence
• Early research

A favor

• Enormously influential
• Introduced structured code
• Basis of modern syntax

En contra

• Obsolete
• Little standard I/O
• Historical only

Ecosistema

• ALGOL 60
• ALGOL 68
• MARST

Ejemplo

begin
  print("¡Hola, mundo!")
end