tool: ABC
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Language:
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ABC
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Version:
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1.04.01
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Parts:
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interpreter/compiler
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Author:
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Leo Geurts, Lambert Meertens,
Steven Pemberton <Steven.Pemberton@cwi.nl>
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Location:
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ftp://ftp.cwi.nl/pub/abc/*
or http://www.cwi.nl/~steven/abc/
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Description:
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ABC is an imperative language embedded in its own environment.
It is interactive, structured, high-level, very easy to learn,
and easy to use. It is suitable for general everyday
programming, such as you would use BASIC, Pascal, or AWK for.
It is not a systems-programming language. It is an excellent
teaching language, and because it is interactive, excellent for
prototyping. ABC programs are typically very compact, around a
quarter to a fifth the size of the equivalent Pascal or C
program. However, this is not at the cost of readability, on
the contrary in fact.
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Reference:
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"The ABC Programmer's Handbook" by Leo Geurts,
Lambert Meertens and Steven Pemberton, published by
Prentice-Hall (ISBN 0-13-000027-2)
"An Alternative Simple Language and Environment for PCs"
by Steven Pemberton, IEEE Software, Vol. 4, No. 1,
January 1987, pp. 56-64.
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Ports:
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unix, MSDOS, atari, mac
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Discussion:
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abc-list-request@cwi.nl
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Contact:
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abc@cwi.nl
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Updated:
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May 2nd, 1991
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language: ABC
category: educational
summary, or
expanded.
category: scripting languages
summary, or
expanded.
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