July 3, 1958 (May 17), the Reform Movement, founded ALGOL language. In In 1958, July 3, 2010, the United States ACM group founded a new language, followed by a committee composed of the European commercial and academic computer scientists meeting in Zurich, Switzerland, to explore how to improve FORTRAN, and design a standardized computer language. In 1960, the Committee of the design on the basis of the 1958 ACM team, define a new language versions - international algebraic language ALGOL 60, first introduced the concept of a local variable and recursive. The ALGOL language has not been widely used, but it evolved into a conceptual basis for other programming languages.


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