Definition of Algol (Entry 1 of 2) : a binary star in the constellation Perseus whose larger member orbits and eclipses the smaller, brighter star causing periodic variation in brightness . ALGOL. noun (2)
Read moreIs ALGOL still used?
The last edition of The ALGOL Bulletin was published in 1988, with its editor noting: “ALGOL 68 as a language is very stable. It is used and loved by those who understand its benefits, and ignored (or misquoted) by the rest. “
Read moreWhat is the difference between FORTRAN and ALGOL?
FORTRAN is the most widely used scientific programming language. ALGOL is a more powerful language for scientific programming . COBOL is used for most commercial programming applications. LISP 1.5 is primarily a list-processing language.
Read moreWho created ALGOL programming language?
ALGOL, computer programming language designed by an international committee of the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), led by Alan J. Perlis of Carnegie Mellon University , during 1958–60 for publishing algorithms, as well as for doing computations.
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