CIMPL(ID:6139/cim001)

for Clics IMPlementation Language

The language for the Classroom Information and Computing Service at MIT

CLICS was an educational variant of MULTICS, and CIMPL was a subset of PL/I


Related languages
PL/I => CIMPL   Subset
References:
  • Clark, D. D. et al. "The Classroom Information and Computing Service", MIT, Project MAC, MAC TR-80, Cambridge, Mass. 02139 January 1971 view details
  • Sammet, Jean E. "Brief survey of languages used for systems implementation" view details Extract: CIMPL
    Cimpl (Clics IMPlementation Language) is designed for pedagogical use and to provide a means of coding Clics (Classroom Information and Computing Service) [Clark, 1971]. The latter is an abstraction of MULTICS and is used for classroom use at MIT. Cimpl is based on concepts from PL/I but differs from it considerably in both syntax and addition and deletion of features. However, it is similar to most other languages designed for programming systems.
          in [ACM] SIGPLAN Notices 6(10) October 1971 Proceedings of the SIGPLAN symposium on Languages for system implementation 1971, Lafayette, Indiana, United States; October, 1971 view details