Short Code (computer language): Difference between revisions

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'''Short Code''' was one of the first higher-level languages ever developed for an [[electronic computer]].<ref name=Sebesta>Sebesta, W.S Concepts of Programming languages. 2006;M6 14:18 pp.44. ISBN 0-321-33025-0</ref> Unlike [[machine code]], Short Code statements represented mathematic expressions rather than a machine instruction. Also known as an automatic programming, the source code was not compiled but executed through an interpreter to simplify the programming process; the execution time was much slower though.<ref name=Sebesta>Sebesta, W.S Concepts of Programming languages. 11E; Chapter 2, pp.39. ISBN 978-0133943023</ref>

==History==

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Along with basic [[arithmetic]], Short Code allowed for branching and calls to a library of functions. The language was [[interpreter (computing)|interpreted]] and ran about 50 times slower than [[machine code]].<ref> Malik, Masud Ahmad. Evolution of the High Level Programming Languages: A Critical Perspective. ACM SIGPLAN Notices (December 1998) 33(12) page 74.</ref>

== See also ==

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==References==

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* Wexelblat, Richard L. (Ed.) (1981). <em>''History of Programming Languages</em>'', p. &nbsp;9. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-745040-8

* Murdoch, [http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage.prx?exp=2707&language=SHORT%20CODE Short Code] (HOPL)