• Speedcoding, Speedcode or SpeedCo was the first high-level programming language created for an IBM computer. The language was developed by John W. Backus...
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    calculate positions of the Moon. In 1953, Backus developed the language Speedcoding, the first high-level language created for an IBM computer, to aid in...
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    Silverfrost, Oracle Solaris Studio, VAX/DEC/VSI, others Influenced by Speedcoding Influenced ALGOL 58, BASIC, C, Chapel, CMS-2, DOPE, Fortress, MATLAB...
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  • SNOBOL (SPITBOL) Snowball SOL Solidity SOPHAEROS Source SPARK Speakeasy Speedcode SPIN SP/k SPL SPS SQL SQR Squeak Squirrel SR S/SL Starlogo Strand Structured...
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    1954 conference proceedings occasionally informally referred to IBM's Speedcoding system as "SpeedCo". Christopher Strachey's paper on GPM (1965), shows...
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    with properties similar to both assembly and high-level languages, with Speedcode as perhaps one of the better-known examples. There may be several assemblers...
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  • Generator Milly Koss SORT/MERGE COMPOOL RAND/SDC none (unique language) 1953 Speedcoding John W. Backus READ/PRINT Don Harroff, James Fishman, George Ryckman...
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    the interpretive system described in this report owes much to the IBM Speedcoding System for the 701. Wolontis, V.M. Complete Floating Decimal Interpretive...
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  • coding system", although the word compiler was also used in some papers. Speedcoding, an interpreter for the 701 FORTRAN KOMPILER SHARE Allen, F. E. (September...
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    compilation and runtime system called the KOMPILER for their IBM 701. Speedcode was the first high-level programming language created for an IBM computer...
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    skilled at programming during the course, using a keypunch and learning speedcoding. Lawson lived in Los Angeles and would commute for over an hour to the...
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