Algebraic compiler and translator
algebraic compiler and translator
language
(ACT 1) A language and compiler for the Royal McBee LGP-30, designed around 1959, apparently by Clay S. Boswell, Jr, and programmed by Mel Kaye.
(http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/lgp-30-man.html)
(2008-08-04)
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