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ALGOL 68: History, Applications & Standards

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 syntax and semantics.

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ALGOL 68 topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Applications and Standards as prominent areas in the source structure around ALGOL 68. 1 topic appears in more than one source area, which can help identify connections that are less obvious in a linear reading.

Related topics
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Source areas
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Connected nodes
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Extracted relationships
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Concept neighborhoods
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Bridge connections
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What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 57 topics
Overview · 56 topics
Notable language elements · 28 topics
Examples of use · 18 topics
Revisions · 6 topics
Program representation · 4 topics
Quotes · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Designed by
A. van Wijngaarden, B. J. Mailloux, J. E. L. Peck and C. H. A. Koster, et al.
Family
ALGOL
First appeared
Final Report: 1968; 58 years ago (1968)r0
Paradigms
Multi-paradigm: concurrent, imperative
Scope
Lexical
Stable release
Algol 68/RR / Revised Report: 1973; 53 years ago (1973)r1

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Notable language elements

Examples of use

Program representation

Revisions

Quotes

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How ALGOL 68 connects Entity context

The extracted context around ALGOL 68 shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, ALGOL 68 → Adriaan, ALGOL, ALGOL Bulletin AB31, Algorithmic Language ALGOL, Barry, Bauer, Brian Randell, Chapters, Charles, Cornelis, December, Doug Ross, Draft Report, Edited, Edsger Dijkstra, Fisker, Fraser Duncan, Friedrich, Gerhard Goos, Gerhard Seegmüller Another extracted example is ALGOL 68 → ACM, ALGOL, An ALGOL, Bond, Brailsford, British Columbia, Cambridge Univ, Companion, Computing Surveys, Corrigenda, Ellis Horwood/Wiley, First, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Informal Introduction, Introductory ALGOL, ISBN, June, Lindsey, London, McGettrick. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

ALGOL 68

Top relations

related to The Algorithmic Language ALGOL 68 Reports and Working Group members · 56
ALGOL 68 → Adriaan, ALGOL, ALGOL Bulletin AB31, Algorithmic Language ALGOL, Barry, Bauer, Brian Randell, Chapters, Charles, Cornelis, December, Doug Ross, Draft Report, Edited, Edsger Dijkstra, Fisker, Fraser Duncan, Friedrich, Gerhard Goos, Gerhard Seegmüller
related to Further reading · 38
ALGOL 68 → ACM, ALGOL, An ALGOL, Bond, Brailsford, British Columbia, Cambridge Univ, Companion, Computing Surveys, Corrigenda, Ellis Horwood/Wiley, First, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Informal Introduction, Introductory ALGOL, ISBN, June, Lindsey, London, McGettrick
related to Publication · 33
ALGOL 68 → Alberta, ALGOL, At, August, Banff, By, Charles, December, February, Finally, Hoare, IFIP, Introduction, It, January, June, Lindsey, May, Minority Report, Munich
related to External links · 26
ALGOL 68 → Algol, ALGOL Bulletin, Algol68, Algorithmic Language ALGOL, Andrew, Archived, Computer History Museum, Computing Surveys, Corrigenda, Genie, GNU GPL Algol, Hyperlinked HTML, June, No, Paul, Revised Report, Revised ReportA Tutorial, September, Software Preservation Group, SourceForgeAlgol68 Standard Hardware
related to Timeline of standardization · 26
ALGOL 68 → ALGOL, Belgium, Braille, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czechoslovakia, December, Final Report, French, General Assembly, German, ISO, Japanese, MR, Netherlands, New Work Item, On, Russian, TC, TC97/N1642
related to Quotes · 24
ALGOL 68 → A68, A68's, Algol, Algol's, Amsterdam, And, Congratulations, December, Dennis Ritchie, Dennis Ritchie Apr, Dijkstra, Guido, Hoare, In, June, Master, More, Niklaus WirthThe, Oct, Rossum
related to Operating systems written in ALGOL 68 · 19
ALGOL 68 → AL-76, ALGOL, Algol-68, All, BCPL, Cambridge CAP, Curt, Developed, Elbrus-1, Eldon, Flex, ICL, Leeds University, Note, S3, Series, The, The Soviet Era, VME
related to Implementation specific extensions · 14
ALGOL 68 → ALGOL, Algol68-to-C, Based, DEC VAX/VMS, ICL, Multics, Revised Report, RRE, RS, RSRE, Series, The, This, UK
related to Example of different program representations · 13
ALGOL 68 → ALGOL, Algol-68, As, Below, CASE, Cyrillic, English, ESAC, German, IN, In English Algol68's, OUT, Russian/Soviet
related to Origins · 13
ALGOL 68 → ALGOL, April, At, IFIP, Information Processing, International Federation, LISP, March, Rome, That, This, WG2, Working Group

Important terminology

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Important terminology

algol 68 language report van compiler languages programming use example may code written operators 1968 wijngaarden representation also first parallel

ALGOL 68 relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 362 structured relationships around ALGOL 68. Examples in this analysis include ALGOL 68 → Designed by → A. van Wijngaarden, B. J. Mailloux, J. E. L. Peck and C. H. A. Koster, et al. and ALGOL 68 → Family → ALGOL. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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ALGOL 68Designed byA. van Wijngaarden, B. J. Mailloux, J. E. L. Peck and C. H. A. Koster, et al.1.00infobox
ALGOL 68FamilyALGOL1.00infobox
ALGOL 68First appearedFinal Report: 1968; 58 years ago (1968)r01.00infobox
ALGOL 68ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: concurrent, imperative1.00infobox
ALGOL 68ScopeLexical1.00infobox
ALGOL 68Stable releaseAlgol 68/RR / Revised Report: 1973; 53 years ago (1973)r11.00infobox
ALGOL 68Typing disciplineStatic, strong, safe, structural1.00infobox
ALGOL 68Websitealgol68-lang.org1.00infobox
Bashinstance ofto descendant Unix shells0.80text
Algol 60instance ofNote that as in earlier languages0.80text
FORTRANinstance ofNote that as in earlier languages0.80text
spaces are allowed in identifiersinstance ofNote that as in earlier languages0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around ALGOL 68 bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Language, Report and Van. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For ALGOL 68, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects ALGOL 68 with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
ALGOL 68 — History · splits 122 ⟂ 58
ALGOL 68 — Overview · splits 123 ⟂ 57
ALGOL 68 — Notable language elements · splits 151 ⟂ 29
ALGOL 68 — Examples of use · splits 161 ⟂ 19
ALGOL 68 — Revisions · splits 173 ⟂ 7
ALGOL 68 — Program representation · splits 175 ⟂ 5
ALGOL 68 — Quotes · splits 176 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

ALGOL 68

Nodes180
Edges179
Triples362
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011111
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around ALGOL 68 to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Applications & Standards, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — ALGOL 68 · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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