Speedcoding

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Speedcoding or Speedcode was the first higher-order language created for an IBM computer [1]. The language was developed by John Backus in 1953 for the IBM 701 to support computation with floating point numbers [2]. The system was an interpreter and focused on ease of use at the expense of system resources.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Allen, F.E.. "The History of Language Processor Technology in IBM". IBM Journal of Research Development 25 (5, September 1981). 
  2. ^ Shasha, Dennis; Cathy Lazere (1998). Out of their Minds: The Lives and Discoveries of 15 Great Computer Scientists. New York: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.. ISBN 0-387-98269-8. 

[edit] References

  • Backus, John, "The IBM 701 Speedcoding System", Journal of the ACM (JACM), Volume 1, Issue 1 (January 1954), pp. 4-6,
  • Backus, John W.; Harlan, Herrick (May 1954). "IBM 701 Speedcoding and Other Automatic-programming Systems". Proc. Symp. on Automatic Programming for Digital Computer: 106-113. 
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969). Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals. Prentice-Hall. 

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