ALGOL W

Algol-W is a programming language. It was Niklaus Wirth's proposal for a successor to ALGOL 60 in the ALGOL 68 committee.

Related Topics:
Programming language - Niklaus Wirth - ALGOL 60 - ALGOL 68

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Algol-W is clearly a transitionary stage between ALGOL 60 and Pascal (created later by Wirth also). It represented a relatively conservative modification of ALGOL 60; to ALGOL 60 Wirth added string, bitstring, complex number and reference to record datatypes and a call-by-result parameter passing mechanism but changed little else.

Related Topics:
Pascal - String - Complex number - Reference - Record - Datatypes - Call-by-result parameter passing mechanism

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Like the rest of Wirth's languages (Pascal, Modula-2, Oberon, etc.), Algol-W is small and statically typed. The language that eventually became ALGOL 68 is much larger and more complex than Algol-W, and it differs more from Algol 60 than Algol-W does.

Related Topics:
Modula-2 - Oberon - Statically typed

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