COMmon Algorithmic Language

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 MicrosoftWindows, called UniCOMAL. Recently, it has been developed as

a web-scripting language called WebCOMAL.

macharsoft .

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)