ALGO is an algebraic programming language developed between 1959 and 1961 for

the Bendix G-15 computer.

ALGO was one of several programming languages inspired by the Preliminary Report on
the Language written in Zrich in 1958. This report underwent several modifications
before becoming the Revised Report on which most ALGOL implementations are based.
As a result, ALGO and other early "ALGOLs" have a very different syntax from ALGOL
60.
Other languages developed from the Zrich report include BALGOL, MAD (Michigan
Algorithm Decoder) and NELIAC.
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1 Example

1.1 Remarks

2 See also

3 External links

Example[edit]
Here is the Trabb Pardo-Knuth algorithm in ALGO:
1.TITLETRABBPARDOKNUTHALGORITHM2.SUBSCriptI,J3.DATA
A(11)4.FORMAtFI(2DT),FLARGE(3D)5.PROCEdureF(T=Z)6.BEGIN
7.Z=SQRT(ABS(T))+5*T^38.END9.FORI=0(1)1010.A[I]=KEYBD11.
FORJ=0(1)10BEGIN11.I=J1012.F(A[I]=Y)13.PRINT(FI)=I14.
IFY>40015.GOTOLARGE16.PRINT(FL)=Y17.GOTONEXT18.
LARGE:PRINT(FLARGE)=99919.NEXT:CARR(1)END20.END

Remarks[edit]

1. A title is the only type of comment allowed. Line numbers were inserted by the
editor.

2. Integer data type. The lower-case letters are not typos, but reflect the way in
which ALGO code was presented in the original documentation.

3. Only the size of an array can be specified, lower bound is always zero.

4. The first format calls for a two-digit number followed by a tab, the second for a
three digit number.

5. The syntax of ALGO's procedure implementations is slightly different from that

given in the Zurich report. Functions as defined by the Zrich report are not
implemented.

9. The syntax here is from the Zrich report and is also consistent with various
1950s-era autocodes.

10. KEYBD reads a numeric value from the terminal.

See also[edit]
Look up algo in
Wiktionary, the free
dictionary.

ALGOL 58

ALGOL 60

External links[edit]