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Language peer sets for ACT III:
United States↑
United States/1961↑
Designed 1961 ↑
1960s languages ↑
Second generation↑
Early Cold War↑
Genus Generalised programming ↑
Multi-purpose ↑
Generalised programming↑
US historic algorithmic systems↑
Historic algorithmic languages ↑
Generalised programming/1961↑
US historic algorithmic systems/1961↑
Historic algorithmic languages/1961↑
Generalised programming/United States↑
US historic algorithmic systems/United States↑
Historic algorithmic languages/United States↑
Multi-purpose ↑
Multi-purpose/1961↑
Multi-purpose/us ↑

ACT III(ID:3844/act008)

Machine independent language 

alternate simple view
Country: United States
Designed 1961
Genus: Generalised programming
Sammet category: Multi-purpose

Compiler - used in BRL with LGP-30

After the death of Turanski, Holt alone continuing the Moore School contract.

According to Reinhold, "The LGP-30 had an "Algol-like" high level language called ACT-III. Every token had to be delimited by an apostrophe, making it hard to read and even harder to prepare tapes."
Related languages
ACT II → ACT III   Evolution of
ACT III → ACT III ALGEBRAIC   Alias
ACT III → ACT IV   Evolution of
References:
  • Weik, Martin H. (1964) Weik, Martin H. "A Fourth Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems" Report No. 1227, January 1964 Ballistic Research Laboratories, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland Online copy at Computer History Museum
  • Watts S. Humphrey (1987) Watts S. Humphrey "MOBIDIC and Fieldata" pp146-147 Extract: Fieldata Programming
          in (1987) Annals of the History of Computing, Spring 1987
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