PL/360
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| Paradigms | procedural · imperative · structured |
|---|---|
| Typing | static, strong |
| Designed by | Stanford University · Niklaus Wirth · Joseph W. Wells Jr · Edwin Satterthwaite Jr |
| First appeared | 1966 |
| Influenced by | ALGOL · Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language (ESPOL) |
| Implemented in | ALGOL · then PL360 |
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COMMENT Euclidean algorithm (subtraction-based GCD) in PL/360;
COMMENT From: Wirth, N. (1968). PL/360, A Programming Language for the 360 Computers.;
COMMENT Journal of the ACM, 15(1), 37-74.;
PROCEDURE GCD(INTEGER M, N) INTEGER;
BEGIN
WHILE M # N DO
IF M > N THEN M := M - N
ELSE N := N - M;
GCD := M
END GCD;
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