Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Karel (programming language)
open-in-new
<p>Karel is an <a href="/facts/Educational_programming_language/RDm4ddN7">educational programming language</a> for beginners, created by <a href="/facts/Richard_E._Pattis/4y0leLlC">Richard E. Pattis</a> in his book <i>Karel The Robot: A Gentle Introduction to the Art of Programming</i>. Pattis used the language in his courses at <a href="/facts/Stanford_University/JEQeF9z2">Stanford University</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>. The language is named after <a href="/facts/Karel_%C4%8Capek/Ak5gs92Y">Karel Čapek</a>, a <a href="/facts/Czech_people/PsqFMBxp">Czech</a> writer who introduced the word <i><a href="/facts/Robot/S5mDzWYk">robot</a></i> in his play <a href="/facts/R.U.R./JL4h9kvw">R.U.R.</a> </p>