Editing COMAL (section)

{{Short description|Computer programming language}}
{{Infobox programming language
| paradigm = [[structured programming|Structured]]
| year = 1975
| designer = Børge R. Christensen, Benedict Løfstedt
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| typing = [[Strong and weak typing|Strong]]
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| influenced_by = [[BASIC]], [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]
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'''COMAL''' (''Common Algorithmic Language'') is a computer [[programming language]] developed in [[Denmark]] by Børge R. Christensen and Benedict Løfstedt and originally released in 1975. It was based on the [[BASIC]] [[programming language]], adding multi-line statements and well-defined [[subroutine]]s among other additions.

COMAL was originally written for [[minicomputer]]s, but was small enough to run on early [[microcomputer]]s as well. It is one of the few [[structured programming]] languages that were available for and comfortably usable on [[8-bit]] [[home computer]]s. 

"COMAL Kernel Syntax & Semantics" contains the formal definition of the language.<ref name="COMAL Kernel Syntax &amp; Semantics"/> Further extensions are common to many implementations.<ref name="Common COMAL Definition and Tests"/><ref name="Compatible keywords"/><ref name="Keyword syntax and examples"/>