programming language
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs.
Programming languages are described in terms of their Syntax (programming languages), syntax (form) and semantics (computer science), semantics (meaning), usually def ...
, developed in 1968 at the Institute of Cybernetics of the Academy of Sciences of the
Ukrainian SSR
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in the
USSR
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. It is a development on the ALMIR-65 language, keeping compatibility with it.
Distinctive features of the language are
abstract data type
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s, calculations in arbitrary algebras, and analytic transformations.
It was implemented on
MIR-2
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machines.
Later, a version of Analitik-74 was developed, implemented on MIR-3 machines.
At the moment, the language exists as a
computer algebra system
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Programming languages
A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs.
Programming languages are described in terms of their syntax (form) and semantics (meaning), usually defined by a formal language. Languages usually provide features ...