Complex sentence: Pascal is an influential imperative and procedural programming language, designed in 1968--1969 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth as a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.
Split into simpler sentences: Pascal is an influential imperative and procedural programming language, designed in 1968--1969 and published in 1970 by Niklaus Wirth. As a small and efficient language intended to encourage good programming practices using structured programming and data structuring.