Karel (programming language)
| Karel the Robot | |
|---|---|
| Paradigm | procedural |
| Designed by | Richard E. Pattis |
| First appeared | 1981 |
| Website | xkarel |
| Dialects | |
| Some localized language variants | |
| Influenced by | |
| Pascal | |
| Influenced | |
| Karel++, AgentSheets, Guido van Robot | |
Karel is an educational programming language for beginners, created by Richard E. Pattis in his book Karel The Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming. Pattis used the language in his courses at Stanford University, California. The language is named after Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who introduced the word robot in his play R.U.R.