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FOCAL (acronym for Formulating On-line Calculations in Algebraic Language, or FOrmula CALculator) is an interactive interpreted programming language based on JOSS and mostly used on Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) PDP series machines.
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOCAL (programming language) | Designed by | Richard Merrill | 1.00 | infobox |
| FOCAL (programming language) | Developer | DEC | 1.00 | infobox |
| FOCAL (programming language) | Family | JOSS | 1.00 | infobox |
| FOCAL (programming language) | First appeared | 1968; 58 years ago (1968) | 1.00 | infobox |
| FOCAL (programming language) | Paradigm | imperative | 1.00 | infobox |
| mobile computer terminals that could be wheeled from room to room | instance of | the system was being used by 500 to 600 users across the country and had spawned several innovations | 0.80 | text |
| plugged in for quick access.JOSS was highly influential | instance of | the system was being used by 500 to 600 users across the country and had spawned several innovations | 0.80 | text |
| greater than | instance of | The language lacked relative operators | 0.80 | text |
| equal or less than | instance of | The language lacked relative operators | 0.80 | text |
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