Abstract
In Algol the statements are the units of operation, i.e. the smallest syntactic objects which define closed subcomputations. Various kinds of statements are in use, namely:
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The dummy statement: « », i.e. empty space.
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Assignment statements, e.g.: «y := a+b-c [k]/phi».
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Goto-statements, e.g.: «goto arica».
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Procedure statements, e.g.: «gauss (a, b, n) res: (x)».
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For-statements, e.g.: «for k := 1 step 1 until n do v [k] := 0».
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Conditional statements, e.g.: «if x>y then z := sqrt(x — y) else y := 1».
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Rutishauser, H. (1967). Statements. In: Bauer, F.L., Householder, A.S., Olver, F.W.J., Rutishauser, H., Samelson, K., Stiefel, E. (eds) Handbook for Automatic Computation. Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 135. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-86934-1_4
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