An early procedural *(programming language) whose lexical scoping and structured programming style and syntax have been inherited by nearly every procedural language in existence.

ALGOL Stands For ALGOrithmic Language

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  <li>_(Algol-like languages| http://www.dcs.qmul.ac.uk/~ohearn/Algol/algol.html).</li>
  <li>_("The ALGOL Programming Language"|http://www.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/algol/algol.html).</li>
  <li>From _(dmoz): _("Algol 60"|http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Algol_60/) and _("Algol 68"|http://dmoz.org/Computers/Programming/Languages/Algol_68/).</li>
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