Speedcoding or Speedcode was the first higher-level 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.
Pseudo operands for arithmetic and math functions Conditional and unconditional branching Auto-increment registers Only 700 words, and very slow.
Notes
- ^ Allen, F.E. "The History of Language Processor Technology in IBM". IBM Journal of Research Development. 25 (5, September 1981).
- ^ Shasha, Dennis (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.
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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. (May 1954). "IBM 701 Speedcoding and Other Automatic-programming Systems". Proc. Symp. on Automatic Programming for Digital Computer. Washington DC, The Office of Naval Research. pp. 106–113.
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