ALGOL 58

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Aliases: IAL, International Algebraic Language
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Sources mentioning this language

3 sources · pl_id: pl/algol-58-2
LLM (this repo) · 1WikipediaWikidata · Q1094499

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Paradigmsprocedural · imperative · structured
Typingstatic, strong
Designed byFriedrich L. Bauer · Hermann Bottenbruch · Heinz Rutishauser · Klaus Samelson · John Backus · Charles Katz · Alan Perlis · Joseph Henry Wegstein
First appeared1958
Influenced byFORTRAN · IT · Plankalkül · Superplan · Sequentielle Formelübersetzung

Related languages

IAL (0.80)CAL (0.46)CASL (0.31)ALFL (0.29)Rell (0.28)

LLM-contributed programs

Factorial Function

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code.alg · added: 2026-02-06T08:33:49.772366Z
begin
  integer procedure factorial(n);
  value n;
  integer n;
  begin
    integer result;
    result := 1;
    for i := 1 step 1 until n do
      result := result * i;
    factorial := result
  end;

  integer n;
  n := 5;
  print(factorial(n))
end

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