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A-2(ID:11/a::002)

UNIVAC compiler 

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Country: United States
Designed 1953
Published: 1953
Genus: Low-level Autocoders
Sammet category: Numerical Scientific

Grace Hopper's team at Remington Rand, August 1953, for the UNIVAC II. Three-letter op-codes.

Hopper (1955) type 2 - Compiling routines - system

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A-1 → A-2   Evolution of
A-2 → A-3   Evolution of
A-2 → PACT I   Moderate Influence
References:
  • Remington Rand, Inc. (1953) Remington Rand, Inc. "The A-2 compiler system operations manual" Prepared by Richard K. Ridgway and Margaret H. Harper under the direction of Grace M. Hopper. November 15 1953
  • Moser, Nora B. (1954) Moser, Nora B. "Compiler method of automatic programming"
          in Symposium on Automatic Programming For Digital Com (1954) Symposium on Automatic Programming For Digital Computers, Office of Naval Research, Dept. of the Navy, Washington, D.C. PB 111 607 May 13-14 1954
  • (1955) "Automatic programming: The A-2 compiler system. Part I" pp25-31
          in Computers and Automation 4 (Sept. (1955) Computers and Automation 4 (Sept. 1955)
  • (1955) "Automatic programming: The A-2 compiler system. Part II" pp15-23
          in Computers and Automation 4 (Oct. (1955) Computers and Automation 4 (Oct. 1955)
  • Hopper (1955) Hopper, Grace "Automatic Coding for Digital Computers" pdf Extract: Introduction
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • The A-2 compiler system: instruction manual. (1955) The A-2 compiler system: instruction manual. Remington Rand Inc., Eckert- Mauchley Div., 1955
          in the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana Stat (1955) the High Speed Computer Conference, Louisiana State University, 16 Feb. 1955, Remington Rand, Inc. 1955
  • Thuring, B. (1955) Thuring, B. "The Automatic Programming Of Univac By The A-2 Compiler System" (German) p157
          in ECIP55 Fachtagung 'Elektronische Rechenmaschinen U (1956) ECIP55 Fachtagung 'Elektronische Rechenmaschinen Und Informationsverarbeitung' [Electronic Digital Computers And Information Processing] Darmstadt, Germany, October 25-27, 1955. Braunschweig, F. Vieweg, 1956.
  • Bemer (1957) Bemer, R. W. "The Status of Automatic Programming for Scientific Problems" Abstract Extract: Summary Extract: IT, FORTRANSIT, SAP, SOAP, SOHIO
          in [Armour] (1957) "Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Computer Applications Symposium" , Armour Research Foundation, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois 1957
  • Gorn, Saul (1957) Gorn, Saul "Standardized Programming Methods and Universal Coding" Extract: Introduction
          in [ACM] (1957) [ACM] JACM 4(3) July 1957
  • Schuller, R (1957) Schuller, R "Programming computers, the A-2 compiler" MTW 4(2) 1957 pp125-26.
          in [ACM] (1957) [ACM] JACM 4(3) July 1957
  • Bemer (1958) [Bemer, RW] [State of ACM automatic coding library August 1958]
          in [ACM] (1957) [ACM] JACM 4(3) July 1957
  • Carr (1959) Carr, John W III; "Computer Programming" volume 2, chapter 2, pp115-121
          in Crabbe et al (1957) E. M. Crabbe, S. Ramo, and D. E. Wooldridge (eds.) "Handbook of Automation, Computation, and Control," John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1959.
  • Bemer, R (1962) Bemer, R "ISO TC97/SC5/WGA(1) Survey of Programming Languages and Processors" December 1962
          in [ACM] (1963) [ACM] CACM 6(03) (Mar 1963)
  • Rosen, Saul (1964) Rosen, Saul "Programming Systems and Languages: a historical Survey" (reprinted in Rosen, Saul (ed) Programming Systems & Languages. McGraw Hill, New York, 1967) Extract: Early UNIVAC languages
          in [AFIPS JCC 25] (1964) [AFIPS JCC 25] Proceedings of the 1964 Spring Joint Computer Conference SJCC 1964
  • Bemer, Robert W. (1968) Bemer, Robert W. "The PL/I Family Tree" Extract: Introduction Extract: Definition and Maintenance Extract: Introduction
          in (1968) PL/I Bulletin, Issue 6, March 1968
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969. p. 132
          in (1968) PL/I Bulletin, Issue 6, March 1968
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1973) Sammet, Jean E. "Roster of Programming Languages for 1973" p147 31
          in (1974) ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974
  • Stock and Stock (1973) Stock, Marylene and Stock, Karl F. "Bibliography of Programming Languages: Books, User Manuals and Articles from PLANKALKUL to PL/I" Verlag Dokumentation, Pullach/Munchen 1973 74 Abstract
          in (1974) ACM Computing Reviews 15(04) April 1974
  • Knuth, Donald Ervin, and Luis Trabb Pardo (1977) Knuth, Donald Ervin, and Luis Trabb Pardo "The early development of programming languages" pp419-96
          in Belzer, J. (1977) Belzer, J. ; A. G. Holzman, A. Kent, (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. 1979
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