CPL - Programming language

CPL, aka Combined Programming Language, is a programming language created in 1963 by Christopher Strachey.

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CPL (Combined Programming Language) is a multi-paradigm programming language, that was developed in the early 1960s. It is an early ancestor of the C language via the BCPL and B languages.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Early development of CPL happened in University of Cambridge and University of London
CPL on HOPL
See also: (5 related languages) ALGOL 60, BCPL, POP-2, B, C

Example from Wikipedia:

Max(Items, ValueFunction) = value of
§ (Best, BestVal) = (NIL, -∞)
while Items do §
(Item, Val) = (Head(Items), ValueFunction(Head(Items)))
if Val > BestVal then (Best, BestVal) := (Item, Val)
Items := Rest(Items) §⃒
result is Best §⃒

Language features

Feature	Supported	Example	Token
Assignment	✓		:=