| rdfs:comment | - There were proposals for a universal language by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and also by the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. It was decided to organize a joint meeting to combine them. The meeting took place from May 27 to June 1, 1958, in Zürich and was attended by the following people:
* Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus Samelson (from the GaMM)
* John Backus, Charles Katz, Alan Perlis, and Joseph Henry Wegstein (from the ACM).
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| abstract | - There were proposals for a universal language by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and also by the Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. It was decided to organize a joint meeting to combine them. The meeting took place from May 27 to June 1, 1958, in Zürich and was attended by the following people:
* Friedrich L. Bauer, Hermann Bottenbruch, Heinz Rutishauser, and Klaus Samelson (from the GaMM)
* John Backus, Charles Katz, Alan Perlis, and Joseph Henry Wegstein (from the ACM). The language was originally proposed to be called IAL (International Algebraic Language) but according to Perlis this was rejected as an "'unspeakable' and pompous acronym". ALGOL was suggested instead, though not officially adopted until a year later. The publication following the meeting still used the name IAL. Unresolved disagreements also led to a plan to define two dialects, ALGOL 58 and ALGOL 60 but the name ALGOL 60 was eventually used for a specific language
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