one fable-low hijack cell
pair algol / cobol
envelope en_pipe
ordering BA
effort low
English with pipe '|' — '{X} | {Y}'
verdictpicked cobol (second-offered)
· classifierB
· tiernone
response (200 chars)
# ALGOL vs. COBOL
Two foundational programming languages from the late 1950s, designed for very different purposes:
## ALGOL (ALGOrithmic Language)
- **First released:** 1958 (ALGOL 58), refined as
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