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Language peer sets for Zed:
Canada↑
Canada/1978↑
Designed 1978 ↑
1970s languages ↑
Fourth generation↑
High Cold War↑
Genus CPL, BCPL and B ↑
Multi-purpose ↑
CPL, BCPL and B↑
CPL Algols↑
Generation of Algol 60 ↑
CPL, BCPL and B/1978↑
CPL Algols/1978↑
Generation of Algol 60/1978↑
CPL, BCPL and B/Canada↑
CPL Algols/Canada↑
Generation of Algol 60/Canada↑
Multi-purpose ↑
Multi-purpose/1978↑
Multi-purpose/ca ↑

Zed(ID:837/zed001)

Waterloo portable systems language 

alternate simple view
Country: Canada
Designed 1978
Published: 1978
Genus: CPL, BCPL and B
Sammet category: Multi-purpose

(for a possible name after B that wasn't C or Eh)

Software Portability Group, U Waterloo.

Eh, with types added (hence similar to C, which was B with types)

Implementation language for the Thoth realtime operating system. Added a few simple types for greater efficiency on byte-addressed machines. String constants in case statements. Enforces the naming convention: MANIFESTS, Externals and locals.

Structures:
Related languages
Eh → Zed   Based on
References:
  • Sager, G.R., (1977) Sager, G.R., "The Thoth Linking Loader", Technical Report CS-77-15, Computer Science Department, University of Waterloo, October 1977.
  • Bonkowski, G.B. et al, (1979) Bonkowski, G.B. et al, "Porting the Zed Compiler", Abstract
          in [SIGPLAN] (1979) SIGPLAN Notices 14(08) August 1979
  • Ritchie, Dennis M. (1996) Ritchie, Dennis M. "The development of the C programming language" in "History of Programming Languages", ACM Press/Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, New York (1996) ed Bergin and Gibson
          in [SIGPLAN] (1979) SIGPLAN Notices 14(08) August 1979
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