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comal¹

Where it comes from

From Mexican Spanish comal, from Classical Nahuatl comālli.

noun comals · comales

  1. A flat, pan-like clay or metal griddle used to cook tortillas or other foods. A freshly ground masa tortilla, as it cooks on a comal, inflates as the steam inside pushes apart the sides and releases an intoxicating toasted corn aroma.

COMAL²

Where it comes from

Acronym of common algorithmic language, inspired by ALGOL (“algorithmic language”).

proper noun

  1. A programming language influenced by BASIC and Pascal. Mr. Lindsey's letter in Vol. 5, No. 11 made some misleading claims for COMAL. He stated that COMAL, like BASIC, is free. Well, back in October of 1981, a price of $49.95 for a COMAL starter package was mentioned in Robert Baker's PET-pourri column in Microcomputing.

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@misc{comal_2026,
  title = {comal},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/comal},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}