Often pseudocode uses the syntax of one common language (like C or LISP) for common operations like loops, and uses English language text whenever details are unimportant or distracting.
Our style of pseudocode uses keywords from C for the some common operations, and, like Python, uses indentation to distinguish the scope of things like loops.
Assignment:
<variable> = <expression>
Conditionals:
if <condition> do stuff else do other stuff
Simple loops:
while <condition> do stuff for <variable> from <first value> to <last value> by <step> do stuff with variable
Function calls:
<function>(<arguments>)
Function declarations:
function <function name>(<arguments>) do stuff with arguments return something (optional)
Variable declarations:
declare <variable-name> as <type>
Array declarations:
declare <array-name>[<lower-bound> to <upper-bound>] of <type>
Composite data structures (also see Object Oriented Programming):
struct <name_of_new_type> <declaration(s) of internal variables>
Accessing fields of a composite structure:
<structure variable name>.<field name>
This standard still needs work. Care to /Talk ?