In computing, the algae programming language is an interpreted programming language for numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics. Its interpreter is available under GPL. The language was designed by Scott Hunziker and Mike Brennan.

Examples follow ^*:

 Print temperature conversions
fahr = sort (0:300:20, 32, 212);
Celsius = (5/9)*(fahr-32);
*'?
 Read and sum some numbers
sum = 0;
$read = 1;
while ($read) { sum += readnum(); }
sum?

Advantages of Algae

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• Algae is a very fast language
• Variables take up very little memory

The algae interpreter

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The CLI interpreter for algae is licensed under the GPL. It is compatible with Unix-based operating systems. It was not yet ported to another operating system such as Windows or Macintosh.

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