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'''IMP''' was a [[systems (programming)|systems]] [[programming language]] developed by Irons in the late 1960's1960s through early 1970's1970s. Unlike most other systems programming languages, IMP was an [[:Category:Extensible syntax programming languages|extensible syntax programming language]].

Even though its designer refers to the language as "being based on [[ALGOL]]", IMP excludes many ''defining'' features of that language, while supporting a very non-ALGOL-like one: syntax extensibility.