act-iii.scroll

import ../code/conceptPage.scroll

id act-iii
name ACT-III
appeared 1956
tags pl
conceptDescription The LGP-30 had a high-level language called ACT-III. Every token had to be delimited by an apostrophe, making it hard to read and even harder to prepare tapes.

fileType text
centralPackageRepositoryCount 0
country United States
originCommunity Librascope company

example
 s1'dim'a'500'm'500'q'500''
 index'j'j+1'j-1''
 daprt'e'n't'e'r' 'd'a't'a''cr''
 rdxit's35''
 s2'iread'm'1''iread'q'1''iread'd''iread'n''
 1';'j''
 0'flo'd';'d.''
 s3'sqrt'd.';'sqrd.''
 1'unflo'sqrd.'i/'10';'sqrd''
 2010'print'sqrd.''2000'iprt'sqrd''cr''cr''

wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGP-30
 example
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk,
  burrrp, clunk, clunk, clunk.
 related algol-60 isbn
 summary The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, was an early off-the-shelf computer. It was manufactured by the Librascope company of Glendale, California (a division of General Precision Inc.), and sold and serviced by the Royal Precision Electronic Computer Company, a joint venture with the Royal McBee division of the Royal Typewriter Company. The LGP-30 was first manufactured in 1956 with a retail price of $47,000—equivalent to about $423,000 in 2017.The LGP-30 was commonly referred to as a desk computer.  It was 26 inches (660 mm) deep, 33 inches (840 mm) high, and 44 inches (1120 mm) long, exclusive of the typewriter shelf.  The computer weighed approximately 800 pounds (360 kg) and was mounted on sturdy casters which facilitated movement of the computer.
 pageId 1624694
 created 2005
 backlinksCount 43
 revisionCount 171
 dailyPageViews 37
 appeared 1956

hopl https://hopl.info/showlanguage.prx?exp=3844

isbndb 0