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CS-4 (programming language)

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CS-4[1]
Designed byIntermetrics, Inc.
DeveloperIntermetrics
First appeared26 December 1973; 50 years ago (1973-12-26)[2]
Typing disciplineunknown
Influenced by
unknown
Influenced
Praxis (programming language)[3]

CS-4[1] is a programming language and an operating system interface. It was developed in the early 1970s at Intermetrics in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The first published manual was released in December 1973, entitled "CS-4 Language Reference Manual and Operating System Interface".[1] The document had three parts: CS-4 Base Language Capabilities; CS-4 Operating System Interface; and Overview of Full CS-4 Capabilities.

History

Little is known about the CS-4 language, but it was developed for the United States Navy in the 1970s, and was an ongoing research project, which was continuing the study of extensibility and abstraction techniques to develop a requirement of the language to be simple and compact.[4] The language was first documented in 1973 by Miller et al.,[4] and was revised in 1975 to allow "data abstractions and more powerful extension facilities".[4]

Descendants

References

  1. ^ a b c Benjamin M. Brosgol; ,Timothy A.; James L. Felty; Joel R. Lexier; Gary M. Palter. DTIC Report Entry. INTERMETRICS INC.
  2. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office; Copyright Office. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Library of Congress.
  3. ^ a b An introduction to Praxis.
  4. ^ a b c Timothy A. Dreisbach; James L. Felty; Ira Greenberg. Higher-order Language Technology Evaluation (PDF). Intermetrics Inc.