ALGOL

ALGOL 58 was released in 1958 and was developed by a committee consisting of various international organizations. The language was originally called IAL, International Algebraic Language. The name later changed to ALGOL, ALGOrithmic Language. The main function of ALGOL was to describe computational processes. Different versions of ALGOL were released, the first ALGOL 58 in 1958, ALGOL 60 in 1960, and lastly ALGOL 68 in 1968.