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GPM(ID:225/gpm001)

General Purpose Macro-generator 

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Country: United Kingdom
Designed 1965
Published: 1965
Genus: Macros
Sammet category: String and List Processing

General Purpose Macro-generator.
A macrogenerator which provides significant string handling facilities. (Sammett 1966)
Early text-processing language similar to TRAC, implemented on Atlas 2.


People:
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Related languages
GPM → KUL GPM   Implementation of
GPM → ML/I   Influence
GPM → SELP   Extension of
GPM → SIGMA   Influence
References:
  • Strachey, C (1965) Strachey, C "A General Purpose Macrogenerator" pp225-241 Abstract Extract: Features
          in (1965) The Computer Journal 8(3) October 1965
  • Sammet, Jean E. (1968) Sammet, Jean E. "Revised Annotated Descriptor Based Bibliography for the Use of Computers for Non-Numerical Mathematics"
          in Bobrow, D. G. (ed) (1968) Bobrow, D. G. (ed) "Symbol Manipulation Languages and Techniques", Proceedings of the IFIP Working Conference on Symbol Manipulation Languages. North-Holland Publishing Co., Amsterdam, 1968
  • Brown (1969) Brown, Peter "A survey of macro processors" pp37-88
          in Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) (1969) Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) "Annual Review in Automatic Programming" (6) 1969 Pergamon Press, Oxford
  • Frits Van Der Wateren (1970) Frits Van Der Wateren "A General Purpose Macrogenerator. An Implementation For The M6800, After An Article In The Computer Journal Vol. 8 Page 225 By C.Strachey." Physical Laboratory, Dept. E.N.T. Wilhelmina Hospital. Amsterdam The Netherlands. Extract: Source in FORTRAN online copy
          in Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) (1969) Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) "Annual Review in Automatic Programming" (6) 1969 Pergamon Press, Oxford
  • Higman (1977) Higman, Bryan; "A comparative study of programming languages" London, McDonald 1977 2nd Edition chapter 8 pp74-84
          in Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) (1969) Halpern, Mark I and Shaw Christopher J (eds) "Annual Review in Automatic Programming" (6) 1969 Pergamon Press, Oxford
  • Layzell, P.Z. (1985) Layzell, P.Z. "The History of Macro-Processors in Programming Language Extensibility"
          in (1985) The Computer Journal 28(1) January 1985
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