Editing BCPL (section)

{{Short description|Multi-paradigm computer programming language}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[BASIC]]}}
{{About|the programming language|the library system|Baltimore County Public Library}}
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{{Infobox programming language
| name                   = BCPL
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| paradigm               = [[procedural programming|procedural]], [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[structured programming|structured]]
| year                   = {{start date and age|1967}}<ref name="IEEE_CPA_MRichards"/>
| designer               = [[Martin Richards (computer scientist)|Martin Richards]]
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| typing                 = typeless (everything is a [[Word (computer architecture)|word]])
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| influenced_by          = [[CPL (programming language)|CPL]]
| influenced             = [[B (programming language)|B]], [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Go (programming language)|Go]]<ref name="hgophers">{{cite web |url=https://talks.golang.org/2014/hellogophers.slide#21 |title=Hello Gophers |last=Pike |first=Rob |date=2014-04-24 |access-date=2016-03-11 }}</ref>
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'''BCPL''' ("'''Basic Combined Programming Language'''") is a [[procedural programming|procedural]], [[imperative programming|imperative]], and [[structured programming|structured]] [[programming language]].  Originally intended for writing [[compiler]]s for other languages, BCPL is no longer in common use. However, its influence is still felt because a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called [[B (programming language)|B]], was the language on which the [[C (programming language)|C programming language]] was based.  BCPL introduced several features of many modern programming languages, including using [[brace programming language|curly braces]] to delimit code blocks.<ref>https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mr10/bcplman.pdf The BCPL Cintsys and Cintpos User Guide, 2.1.4 Section brackets</ref> BCPL was first implemented by [[Martin Richards (computer scientist)|Martin Richards]] of the [[University of Cambridge]] in 1967.<ref name="IEEE_CPA_MRichards">{{cite web |url=https://www.computer.org/web/awards/pioneer-martin-richards |title=Martin Richards (2003 Computer Pioneer Award) |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=IEEE Computer Society |date=<!--Not stated--> |access-date=2017-11-24 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20171124083723/https://www.computer.org/web/awards/pioneer-martin-richards |archive-date=2017-11-24 |url-status = dead}}</ref>