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Language peer sets for Graphic ALGOL:
United States
United States/1976
Designed 1976
1970s languages
Fourth generation
High Cold War
Genus 2d shape
Specialised Languages
2d shape
2d Construct-related
Image-related
2d shape/1976
2d Construct-related/1976
Image-related/1976
2d shape/United States
2d Construct-related/United States
Image-related/United States
Specialised Languages
Specialised Languages/1976
Specialised Languages/us

Graphic ALGOL(ID:719/gra016)

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Country: United States
Designed 1976
Published: 1976
Genus: 2d shape
Sammet category: Specialised Languages


Generation of shaded perspective picures in real time.

A dialect of ALGOL specially made for Case the PDP-11 at Case, which had an Evans and Sutherland graphics system in place. It featured special string and graphics primes in addition to the full Algol-60 set.


Related languages
ALGOL 60 Revised Graphic ALGOL   Extension of

References:
  • Jones, B. (1976) Jones, B. "An Extended ALGOL-60 for Shaded Computer Graphics" Abstract Extract: Introduction Extract: Data types
          in [ACM SIGPPLAN] (1976) [ACM SIGPPLAN] Proc ACM Symp on Graphic Languages, Apr 1976
  • Sammet, Jean E (1978) Sammet, Jean E "Roster of programming languages for 1976-77" pp56-85
          in [SIGPLAN] (1978) SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978
  • May, Stephen Forrest (1998) May, Stephen Forrest "Encapsulated Models: Procedural Representations for Computer Animation" PhD OSU 1998 Abstract Extract: An Extended Algol-60
          in [SIGPLAN] (1978) SIGPLAN Notices 13(11) Nov 1978
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