GPSS/85(ID:5501/gps006)

Began: 1985

evolution of GPSS

References:

Henriksen, James O. "The development of GPSS/85" Proceedings of the 18th annual symposium on Simulation, p.61-77, March 1985, Tampa, Florida, United States view details Abstract: GPSS was introduced by IBM as a language for discrete event simulation in October, 1961. Since that time, GPSS has evolved through a number of versions (GPSS II, GPSS III, GPSS/360, GPSS/V, and GPSS/H), and has been implemented for a variety of computers. As the language has evolved, it has been used to simulate larger and more complex systems. Changes in the way GPSS is used have created pressures for changes in the language. This paper describes some of the deficiencies of the current generation of GPSS, and illustrates how these deficiencies are being overcome in GPSS/85, a “next generation” GPSS.