Computing Dictionary
COMmon Algorithmic Language definition
language (COMAL) A language for beginners developed by Benedict Loefstedt and Borge Christensen in 1973 and popular in Europe and Scandinavia. It has a
Pascal-like structure added to
BASIC. COMAL-80 has been adopted as an introductory language in Denmark.
There is a version for the
Amiga and a well-supported version for the
PC, running under
MS-DOS and
Microsoft Windows, called UniCOMAL. Recently, it has been developed as a web-scripting language called WebCOMAL.
macharsoft (http://macharsoft.demon.co.uk/).
There is a COMAL User's Group at 5501 Groveland Terr, Madison WI 53716, USA.
["Beginning COMAL", B. Christensen, Ellis Harwood 1982].
(2000-11-14)
