This post is a collection of quotes about ALGOL (initially released in 1958). There are 2 quotes listed below. License: CC BY-SA 3.0
1. "In the sense that the syntax of most modern languages is 'Algol-like', it was arguably more influential than three other high-level programming languages among which it was roughly contemporary: FORTRAN, Lisp and COBOL." (Wikipedia: ALGOL, 10.23.22 UTC 09:20)
2. "ALGOL introduced code blocks and the 'begin' ... 'end' pairs for delimiting them. It was also the first language implementing nested function definitions with lexical scope." (Wikipedia: ALGOL, 10.23.22 UTC 09:20)
