(Named after the brightest star in Hydra) A pascal-like language developed by Wulf, Shaw and London of cmu in 1974. Alphard supports data abstraction using the 'form', which combines a specification and an implementation.

["Abstraction and Verification in Alphard: Defining and Specifying Iteration and Generators", Mary Shaw, CACM 20(8):553-563, Aug 1977].