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, Algol 60“ *
Author(s) -
Dijkstra E. W.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
statistica neerlandica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1467-9574
pISSN - 0039-0402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9574.1963.tb00317.x
Subject(s) - computer science , simple (philosophy) , programming language , process (computing) , natural language processing , epistemology , philosophy
Summary. The speaker illustrated the various features of the algorithmic language “ALGOL 60” by showing a simple but complete program written in this language. He stressed that these new means for expressing process descriptions are of great importance because they enlarge the group of potential computer users considerably.