PL/0 is a programming language created in 1976 by Niklaus Wirth.
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PL/0 is a programming language, intended as an educational programming language, that is similar to but much simpler than Pascal, a general-purpose programming language. It serves as an example of how to construct a compiler. It was originally introduced in the book, Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, by Niklaus Wirth in 1976. Read more on Wikipedia...
VAR x, y, z, q, r, n, f;
PROCEDURE multiply;
VAR a, b;
BEGIN
a := x;
b := Y;
z := 0;
WHILE b > 0 DO
BEGIN
IF ODD b THEN z := z + a;
a := 2 * a;
b := b / 2
END
END;
PROCEDURE divide;
VAR w;
BEGIN
r := x;
q := 0;
w := y;
WHILE w <= r DO w := 2 * w;
WHILE w > y DO
BEGIN
q := 2 * q;
w := w / 2;
IF w <= r THEN
BEGIN
r := r - w;
q := q + 1
END
END
END;
PROCEDURE gcd;
VAR f, g;
BEGIN
f := x;
g := y;
WHILE f # g DO
BEGIN
IF f < g THEN g := g - f;
IF g < f THEN f := f - g
END;
z := f
END;
PROCEDURE fact;
BEGIN
IF n > 1 THEN
BEGIN
f := n * f;
n := n - 1;
CALL fact
END
END;
BEGIN
?x; ?y; CALL multiply; !z;
?x; ?y; CALL divide; !q; !r;
?x; ?y; CALL gcd; !z;
?n; f := 1; CALL fact; !f
END.