SCRAP(ID:529/scr001)

Country: za
- languages for za
- za/1970
Began: 1970
Published: 1970
- 1970
Type:Other Algol 60s
- Other Algol 60s
Sammet:MLT
- MLT
- MLT/1970
- MLT/za

CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa, late 1970's. Ran on Interdata and Perkin-Elmer computers. In use until the late 1980's.

References:

Vanrooyen, M. H. "Scrap: A Language for Systems Programming Scrap" National Research Inst. for Mathematical Sciences, Pretoria (South Africa). Apr 82 view details Abstract: The SCRAP language, which is a high level language that
provides facilities for system programming, but can also be used in applications programming is discussed. The SCRAP is defined to meet the requirements of efficiency, modularity, readability, portability, ana generality. The prominent features of the language are its well defined syntax, its modular structure and its machine dependent data types.