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MIRFAC(ID:440/mir005)

2dimensional maths compiler 

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Country: United Kingdom
Designed 1962
Published: 1963
Genus: Multiline
Sammet category: Specialised Languages

for Mathematics in Recognizable Form Automatically Compiled

Gawlik, RMRE 1963

2dimensional maths compiler system developed at the RMRE to enable intuitive mathematical programming for mathematicians.

One of the languages to receive an ill-flavoured and ill-considered rebuke from Dijkstra (who liked it his way or no way and who was of the opinion that an ad hoc assemblage of mathematical notation put together by a committee of computer enthusiasts was superior to 4,000 years of mathematical intellectual endeavour. In this he was wrong.).

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  • Gawlik, H. J., (1963) Gawlik, H. J., "MIRFAC: A Compiler Based on Standard Mathematical Notation and Plain English" Extract: Introduction pdf
          in [ACM] (1963) [ACM] CACM 6(09) (September 1963)
  • Dijkstra, E. W., (1964) Dijkstra, E. W., "Some Comments on the Aims of MIRFAC" (letter to the editor) Abstract Online copy at Dijkstra Archive
          in [ACM] (1964) [ACM] CACM 7(03) March 1964
  • Gawlik, H. J. (1964) Gawlik, H. J. "MIRFAC: a reply to Professor Dijkstra" Letter to the Editor p571 Extract: Reply
          in [ACM] (1964) [ACM] CACM 7(10) October 1964
  • Gawlik, H. (1964) Gawlik, H. J. and Berry, F. J., Programming in MIRFAC Second Edition, (Feb., 1967) (unpublished, cited in Sammet).
          in [ACM] (1964) [ACM] CACM 7(10) October 1964
  • Gents, F. (1964) Gents, F. review of Gawlik (MIRFAC) Abstract
          in (1964) ACM Computing Reviews 5(01) January-February 1964
  • Scofield, John M. (1964) Scofield, John M. "Futher comment on the MIRFAC controversy" Letter to the Editor p7 Abstract
          in [ACM] (1964) [ACM] CACM 7(12) December 1964
  • Wells, M. B., (1964) Wells, M. B., "in Defense of MIRFAC" (letter to the editor)
          in [ACM] (1964) [ACM] CACM 7(06) June 1964
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1966) Sammet, Jean E. "Survey of formula manipulation"
          in [ACM] (1966) [ACM] CACM 9(08) August 1966
  • White, G. M. T. (1966) White, G. M. T. "Digital simulation languages for the solution of process control problems"
          in (1965) Proceedings of the IBM scientific computing symposium on digital simulation of continuous systems 1965
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1969) Sammet, Jean E. "Computer Languages - Principles and History" Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Prentice-Hall 1969. pp.281-284.
          in (1965) Proceedings of the IBM scientific computing symposium on digital simulation of continuous systems 1965
  • Gawlik, H.J. and Berry, F.J. (1970) Gawlik, H.J. and Berry, F.J. "MIRFAC/80 Users' Manual. " July 1970.
          in (1965) Proceedings of the IBM scientific computing symposium on digital simulation of continuous systems 1965
  • Gawlik, H.J. and Berry, F.J. (1970) Gawlik, H.J. and Berry, F.J. "Some Applications of the Programming Language MIRFAC." August 1970.
          in (1965) Proceedings of the IBM scientific computing symposium on digital simulation of continuous systems 1965
  • Stock (1971) Stock, Karl F. "A listing of some programming languages and their users" in RZ-Informationen. Graz: Rechenzentrum Graz 1971 155 Abstract
          in (1965) Proceedings of the IBM scientific computing symposium on digital simulation of continuous systems 1965
  • Gawlik, H. J. (1972) Gawlik, H. J. "Progress in MIRFAC" Abstract
          in [TDMMC] (1972) Proceedings of the SIGPLAN symposium on Two-dimensional man-machine communication 1972 , Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
  • Wells (1972) Wells, Mark B. "A review of two-dimensional programming languages" pp1-10 Extract: MIRFAC
          in [TDMMC] (1972) Proceedings of the SIGPLAN symposium on Two-dimensional man-machine communication 1972 , Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
  • 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 387 Abstract
          in [TDMMC] (1972) Proceedings of the SIGPLAN symposium on Two-dimensional man-machine communication 1972 , Los Alamos, New Mexico, United States
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1987) Sammet, Jean E. "Self-Study Questions & Answers" p109 Extract: MIRFAC
          in (1987) Annals of the History of Computing, Spring 1987
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