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Also known as Basic Combined Programming Language

BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language) is a procedural, imperative, and structured programming language. Originally intended for writing compilers for other languages, BCPL is no longer in common use. However, its influence is still felt because a stripped down and syntactically changed version of BCPL, called B, was the language on which the C programming language was based. BCPL introduced several features of many modern programming languages, including using curly braces to delimit code blocks. BCPL was first implemented by Martin Richards of the University of Cambridge in 1967.

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Programming language.name
BCPL
Programming language.paradigm
procedural, imperative, structured
Programming language.designer
Martin Richards
Programming language.typing
typeless (everything is a word)
Programming language.influenced_by
CPL
Programming language.influenced
B, C, Go

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Designed by
Martin Richards
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programming paradigm
structured programming
inception
1967-00-00
influenced by
CPL
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Article · 日本語

BCPL (Basic Combined Programming Language、Basic-CPL)は手続き型で命令型の構造化プログラミング言語である。BCPLは元々ほかの言語を開発するために記述されたコンパイラであり、90年代以降は利用されていない。しかしながらBCPLはB言語の基礎となっており、B言語から派生したC言語は文法的にBCPLの亜種であるといえるため、その影響は現在にも色濃く残されている。BCPLは今日のモダンなプログラミング言語に見られる、カッコやデリミタなどの特徴を備えていた。1966年にケンブリッジ大学のが設計した。

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