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Language peer sets for Magic Paper:
United States
United States/1963
Designed 1963
1960s languages
Third generation
Early Cold War
Genus Formulaic
Numerical Scientific
Formulaic
Mathematical
Expression-oriented
Formulaic/1963
Mathematical/1963
Expression-oriented/1963
Formulaic/United States
Mathematical/United States
Expression-oriented/United States
Numerical Scientific
Numerical Scientific/1963
Numerical Scientific/us

Magic Paper(ID:432/mag010)

Interactive maths environment 

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Country: United States
Designed 1963
Published: 1963
Genus: Formulaic
Sammet category: Numerical Scientific


A system to permit man-machine interaction in the manipulation of mathematical expressions. (Sammett 1966)

Early interactive symbolic math system.

The name was given it by the legendary Dick Feynman.


References:
  • Clapp, L. C. and Kain, R. Y. (1963) Clapp, L. C. and Kain, R. Y. "A computer aid for symbolic mathematics"
          in [AFIPS JCC 24] Proceedings of the 1963 Fall Joint (1963) [AFIPS JCC 24] Proceedings of the 1963 Fall Joint Computer Conference FJCC 1963, Las Vegas, Nev., Nov. 1963,
  • Newhouse, A. (1964) Newhouse, A. review of Clapp and Main 1963 (Magic Paper) Abstract
          in (1964) ACM Computing Reviews 5(05) September-October 1964
  • Clapp, Lewis C. (1966) Clapp, Lewis C. "A syntax-directed approach to automated aids for symbolic mathematics" pp0701 - 0719 Abstract
          in [ACM] (1966) [ACM] Proceedings of the ACM symposium on Symbolic and algebraic manipulation, 1966
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1966) Sammet, Jean E. "Survey of formula manipulation"
          in [ACM] (1966) [ACM] CACM 9(08) August 1966
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1967) Sammet, Jean E. "Formula Manipulation by Computer" Extract: Magic Paper
          in Advances in Computers, Vol. (1967) Advances in Computers, Vol. 8 FL Alt and M Rubinoff (Eds.), Academic Press, New York, 1967
  • Sammet, Jean E., (1967) Sammet, Jean E., "Roster of Programming Languages 1967"
          in (1967) Computers & Automation 16(6) June 1967
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1968) Sammet, Jean E. "Revised Annotated Descriptor Based Bibliography for the Use of Computers for Non-Numerical Mathematics"
          in Bobrow, D. G. (ed) (1968) Bobrow, D. G. (ed) "Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques", Proceedings of the IFIP Working Conference on Symbol Manipulation Languages. North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1968
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969. p.510.
          in Bobrow, D. G. (ed) (1968) Bobrow, D. G. (ed) "Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques", Proceedings of the IFIP Working Conference on Symbol Manipulation Languages. North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1968
  • Smith, Lyle B. (1970) Smith, Lyle B. "A Survey of Interactive Graphical Systems for Mathematics" Extract: MAGIC PAPER 1
          in [ACM] (1970) [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys 2(4) Dec1970
  • 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 357 Abstract
          in [ACM] (1970) [ACM] ACM Computing Surveys 2(4) Dec1970
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