Combined Programming Language (CPL) - a programming language , a joint development of Cambridge and London universities. Before connecting to the project, Londoners “C” was the first letter from “Cambridge”, and then it was officially deciphered as “Combined”. Unofficially, “C” meant “Christopher,” since it was inspired CPL work. Now this language is not used, but BCPL , one of the predecessors of the C language, has become its successor.
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Example
Max (Items, ValueFunction) = value of § (Best, BestVal) = (NIL, -∞) while Items do § (Item, Val) = (Head (Items), ValueFunction (Head (Items))) if Val> BestVal then (Best, BestVal): = (Item, Val) Items: = Rest (Items) §⃒ result is Best §⃒