The IITRAN programming language

  • Authors:
  • Robert B. K. Dewar;Ronald R. Hochsprung;William S. Worley

  • Affiliations:
  • Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago;Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago;Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1969

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Abstract

The IITRAN language, developed to be used by students, and its important features are described. IITRAN is a procedure-oriented language with a one-level block structure and a variety of data types. Several novel and powerful features are included. A discussion of design principles to be followed in a student language is given.