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ALCOR is an early computer language definition created by a consortium of manufactures formed to build an ALGOL machine after the ALGOL meeting in Copenhagen in 1958. ALCOR is an acronym, from ALGOL Converter.

ALCOR included an early "standard" character set for representing ALGOL 58 code on paper and paper tape:

The character set included the unusual "᛭" (iron/runic cross) character and the "₁₀" (subscript/lower 10) character.

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