id: "algol"
aliases:
  - "alg"
  - "a68g"
  - "genie"
  - "a68genie"
name: "ALGOL 68"

info:
  impl: "ALGOL 68 Genie"
  version: "ALGOL 68"
  year: 1958
  desc: "Seminal imperative programming language which introduced lexical scope and formal grammar specification"
  ext: alg
  web:
    wiki: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL"
    home: "http://algol68.sourceforge.net/"
    source: "https://jmvdveer.home.xs4all.nl/en.algol-68-genie.html"
  category: general
  mode:
    - interpreted
    - compiled
  platform: []
  syntax: pascal
  typing: static
  paradigm: imperative
  usage: []

main: "main.alg"
template: |
  print(("Hello, world!",new line))

run: |
  a68g main.alg