algol 58

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<language> An early version of ALGOL 60, originally known as "IAL".

Michigan Algorithm Decoder (MAD), developed in 1959, was based on IAL.

["Preliminary report - International Algebraic Language", CACM 1(12):8, 1958]. [Details? Relationship to ALGOL 60?]

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