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key: pl/pascal
kind: plang
name: "Pascal"
url: https://plangs.page/pascal
---

# Pascal

> An imperative and procedural language designed by Niklaus Wirth, known for encouraging structured programming and data structuring.

An imperative and procedural language, designed by Niklaus Wirth as a small, efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring. It is named after the French mathematician and philosopher Blaise Pascal.

## Facts

- Appeared: 1970
- Languish ranking: #79

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Structured](https://plangs.page/paradigm/structured)

### Platforms

- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [DOS](https://plangs.page/platform/dos)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Safe](https://plangs.page/type-system/safe)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Dialects

- [Ada](https://plangs.page/ada)
- [Delphi](https://plangs.page/delphi)
- [Free Pascal](https://plangs.page/free-pascal)

### Implemented By

- [Delphi](https://plangs.page/delphi)
- [Free Pascal](https://plangs.page/free-pascal)

### Influenced

- [Ada](https://plangs.page/ada)
- [C#](https://plangs.page/c-sharp)
- [Free Pascal](https://plangs.page/free-pascal)
- [Go](https://plangs.page/go)
- [OCaml](https://plangs.page/ocaml)
- [Standard ML](https://plangs.page/standard-ml)
- [Wolfram Language](https://plangs.page/wolfram-language)

### Used to Write

- [Free Pascal](https://plangs.page/free-pascal)
- [TeX](https://plangs.page/tex)

### Tags

- [Application Framework](https://plangs.page/tag/framework)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Educational](https://plangs.page/tag/edu)
- [Games](https://plangs.page/tag/games)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)