COMAL

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COMAL (COMmon Algorithmic Language) is a computer programming language developed in Denmark by Benedict Løfstedt and Børge Christensen in 1973.

COMAL was actually created as a mixture of the prevalent educational programming languages of the time, BASIC and Pascal, and was meant to introduce structured programming elements in an environment where BASIC would normally be used.

The "COMAL 80 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE REPORT" contains the formal definition of the language.

In the early 1980s, Apple Computer won a contract to supply Apple II computers running CP/M and COMAL to Irish secondary schools.

COMAL is available for:

• BBC Micro
• Commodore PET/Commodore 64/Amiga
• Compis / Scandis
• CP/M
• IBM PC
• Tiki 100
• ZX Spectrum

[edit] External links

• OpenComal – an Open Source implementation of COMAL for UNIX, MS-DOS and Windows
• MacharSoft
• Description of COMAL, versions, and characteristics
• Annotated Bibliography of the COMAL language