Euler (programming language)

Euler
ParadigmsMulti-paradigm: procedural, imperative, structured
FamilyALGOL Wirth
Designed byNiklaus Wirth
Helmut Weber
DevelopersStanford University
ETH Zurich
First appeared1965 (1965)
Typing disciplinedynamic
ScopeLexical
Influenced by
ALGOL 60

Euler is a programming language created by Niklaus Wirth and Helmut Weber, conceived as an extension and generalization of ALGOL 60. The designers' goals were to create a language that is:

  • Simpler, yet more flexible, than ALGOL 60
  • Useful and processed with reasonable efficiency
  • Definable with rigorous formality

Available sources indicate that Euler was operational by 1965.