ALGOL 58
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Aliases: IAL, International Algebraic Language
Provenance: commit 93247fea13 · authored 2026-02-06T09:34:37+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet
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| Paradigms | procedural · imperative · structured |
|---|---|
| Typing | static, strong |
| Designed by | Friedrich L. Bauer · Hermann Bottenbruch · Heinz Rutishauser · Klaus Samelson · John Backus · Charles Katz · Alan Perlis · Joseph Henry Wegstein |
| First appeared | 1958 |
| Influenced by | FORTRAN · IT · Plankalkül · Superplan · Sequentielle Formelübersetzung |
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Factorial Function
Provenance: commit 93247fea13 · authored 2026-02-06T09:34:37+01:00 · agent claude-code · model sonnet · WebSearch disabled
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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