'''RAPTOR''', the Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered
Reasoning,<ref name=ACM1>{{cite webjournal|title=RAPTOR: introducing programming to non-majors with flowcharts|access-date=2016-09-29|websitejournal=ACMJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges|date=April 2004 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1050231.1050238&coll=DL&dl=ACM|last1=Carlisle |first1=Martin C. |last2=Wilson |first2=Terry A. |last3=Humphries |first3=Jeffrey W. |last4=Hadfield |first4=Steven M. }}</ref> is a graphical [[authoring tool]] created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. The softwareIt is hosted and maintained by former [[US Air Force Academy]] and current [[Texas A&M University]] professor Martin Carlisle.<ref name=RAPTOR1>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://raptor.martincarlisle.com|websitetitle=Raptor|accessRAPTOR -date=2014-09-20}}</ref><refname=RAPTOR2>{{citeFlowchart web|title=About|url=http://raptor.martincarlisle.comInterpreter|website=Raptor|access-date=20162014-09-2920}}</ref>
RAPTOR allows users to write and execute programs using [[flowchart]]s. The simple language and graphical components of RAPTOR are designed to teach the major ideas of computer programming to students. It is typically used in academics to teach introductory programming concepts as well.<ref name=ACM2>{{cite webjournal|title=RAPTOR: introducing programming to non-majors with flowcharts|access-date=2015-08-24|websitejournal=ACMJournal of Computing Sciences in Colleges|date=April 2004 |volume=19 |issue=4 |pages=52–60 |url=http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1050231.1050238&coll=DL&dl=ACM|last1=Carlisle |first1=Martin C. |last2=Wilson |first2=Terry A. |last3=Humphries |first3=Jeffrey W. |last4=Hadfield |first4=Steven M. }}</ref>
