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→Language List: add quote re Algol 60
:COBOL provided a language especially for business use.
:COBOL provided a language especially for business use.
:LISP provided a language suitable for symbol processing.
:LISP provided a language suitable for symbol processing.
:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form)
:Algol 60 was the first block-structured language and set a new standard in language definition (Backus-Naur form).
::Algol 60 was described by Edsger Dijkstra, as "a great improvement on many of its successors".
:BASIC was the first language used interactively with multiple simultaneous users.
:BASIC was the first language used interactively with multiple simultaneous users.
:Simula 67 was the first object-oriented language.
:Simula 67 was the first object-oriented language.