ALGOL 68 (Algorithmic Language 1968) is an imperative computer programming language conceived as a successor to the original ALGOL 60, member of the ALGOL family of programming languages that this atlas already carries as its own entity but designed by a different working group and with a substantially different, more orthogonal design based on two-level Van Wijngaarden grammar. ALGOL 68 introduced features including expression-based syntax, user-declared types, and multiple assignment, and strongly influenced numerous later languages despite limited commercial adoption of its full specification.
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First Released SignificanceMany languages of the 1970s trace their design specifically to ALGOL 68, selecting some features while abandoning others 2 Classification
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Entity-backed identity for the typing discipline value this language already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a concept entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the typing discipline value this language already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a concept entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
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Source ALGOL 68, Wikipedia
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Source Wikidata: ALGOL 68
Source Wikidata: ALGOL 68
Source Wikidata: ALGOL 68
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ALGOL 68 "was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 language." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68
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1. Wikidata: ALGOL 68
- Wikidata Q2166735, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q2166735 P7078 (typing discipline)
View the Source2. ALGOL 68, Wikipedia
Overview section, second paragraph, second sentence
On 20 December 1968, the language was formally adopted by the group, and then approved for publication by the General Assembly of IFIP.
Lead section, fourth paragraph, first sentence
Many languages of the 1970s trace their design specifically to ALGOL 68, selecting some features while abandoning others that were considered too complex or out-of-scope for given roles.
- In Group: ALGOL-Derived Languages
In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead sentence
ALGOL 68 (short for Algorithmic Language 1968) is an imperative programming language member of the ALGOL family that was conceived as a successor to the ALGOL 60 language, designed with the goal of a much wider scope of application and more rigorously defined
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