COMAL

A programming language influenced by BASIC and Pascal.

Proper noun

  1. A programming language influenced by BASIC and Pascal.
    • Mr. Lindsey's letter in Vol. 5, No. 11 made some misleading claims for COMAL. He stated that COMAL, like BASIC, is free. Well, back in October of 1981, a price of $49.95 for a COMAL starter package was mentioned in...

Origin

Acronym of common algorithmic language, inspired by ALGOL (“algorithmic language”).