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On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 14:11:19 +0100, Sn!pe wrote:

> No mention of ALGOL, the ALGorithmic Language?  It was contemporaneous
> with both FORmula TRANslator and COmmon Business-Oriented Language.
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL>

ALGOL's impact on succeeding languages was much greater than its actual 
use.