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BCPL

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BCPL

Summary

BCPL is a programming language[1]. BCPL ranks in the top 4% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • BCPL was influenced by CPL[3].
  • BCPL's instance of is recorded as programming language[4].
  • BCPL's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[5].
  • BCPL's instance of is recorded as procedural programming language[6].
  • BCPL's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85012591[7].
  • BCPL's designed by is recorded as Martin Richards[8].
  • BCPL's has part is recorded as O-code[9].
  • +1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BCPL[10].
  • BCPL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/019wx[11].
  • BCPL's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as BCPL[12].
  • BCPL's Quora topic ID is recorded as BCPL-1[13].
  • BCPL's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[14].
  • BCPL's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming[15].
  • BCPL's programming paradigm is recorded as structured programming[16].
  • BCPL's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2775895771[17].
  • BCPL's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781087287[18].
  • BCPL's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007282416805171[19].
  • BCPL's MobyGames attribute ID is recorded as 2540[20].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[4], multi-paradigm programming language[5], and procedural programming language[6].

History and Context

+1967-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of BCPL[10].

Why It Matters

BCPL ranks in the top 4% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[2] BCPL has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] BCPL is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

BCPL has been cited as an influence by Go[23], a programming language[24], founded in 2009[25]; B[26], a programming language[27], founded in 1969[28]; and MCPL[29], a programming language[30].

FAQs

Who did BCPL influence?

BCPL has been cited as an influence by Go[23], B[26], and MCPL[29].

Related Entities

AmigaDOS Amiga Old File System AmigaOS B CPL Dennis M. Ritchie Go Martin Richards MCPL multi-paradigm programming language procedural programming procedural programming language programming language TRIPOS

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . computer.org. computer.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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