FOCAL-69 was the landmark version of the FOCAL programming language, more widely publicized than the original version of the language created in 1968. FOCAL-69, created by Richard Merrill is important because:

• It was the basis for all later derivatives of the language (some of which branched off from one another)
• It was the language the classic BASIC game Hamurabi was first written in
• It became a popular language on Russian microcomputers.

FOCAL-69 was the landmark version of the FOCAL programming language, more widely publicized than the original version of the language created in 1968. FOCAL-69, created by Richard Merrill is important because:

• It was the basis for all later derivatives of the language (some of which branched off from one another)
• It was the language the classic BASIC game Hamurabi was first written in
• It became a popular language on Russian microcomputers.