Short Code (computer language)

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This article is about the early computer language Short Code. For the use of this term in connection with telecommunications, see Short code.

In computing, Short Code was the first programming language[1] to be actually implemented and used for an electronic computing device. To program the device involved the use of short codes, which were codes that each identified a hardware function. At the time, the language had to be 'hand coded' or simply put 'manually compiled' to machine code, rather than being able to parse it through a lexical analyser or compiler. The technique is named synonymously with pseudocodes, which can be confused with the high-level-language–independent algorithm 'language' representation. Short Code was the predecessor to Speedcoding, which extended Short Code by allowing for floating point calculations, and providing code representation for the four calculation operators (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division).

References

  1. ^ Sebesta, W.S Concepts of Programming languages. 2006;M6 14:18 pp.44. ISBN# 0-321-33025-0

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