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Information Processing Language

Information Processing Language (IPL) is a programming language created by Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, and Herbert A. Simon at RAND Corporation and the Carnegie Institute of Technology about 1956. Newell had the job of language specifier-application programmer, Shaw was the system programmer, and Simon had the job of application programmer-user.

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Designed by
Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon
Developer
Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon
First appeared
1956; 70 Years Ago
OS
Cross-platform: JOHNNIAC, IBM 650, IBM 704, IBM 7090
Paradigm
Assembly
Stable release
IPL-V

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Information Processing Language

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related to Further reading · 26
Information Processing Language → ACM, Allen, An Introduction, Association, Communications, Computing Machinery, Date, February, Fred, IRE-AIEE-ACM, ISBN, ISSN, Logic Theory Machine, New York, Newell, NY, Papers Presented, Programming, Reliability, S2CID
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Information Processing Language → Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon
Developer · 1
Information Processing Language → Allen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon
First appeared · 1
Information Processing Language → 1956; 70 Years Ago
OS · 1
Information Processing Language → Cross-platform: JOHNNIAC, IBM 650, IBM 704, IBM 7090
Paradigm · 1
Information Processing Language → Assembly
Stable release · 1
Information Processing Language → IPL-V

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Information Processing LanguageDeveloperAllen Newell, Cliff Shaw, Herbert A. Simon1.00infobox
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Information Processing LanguageOSCross-platform: JOHNNIAC, IBM 650, IBM 704, IBM 70901.00infobox
Information Processing LanguageParadigmAssembly1.00infobox
Information Processing LanguageStable releaseIPL-V1.00infobox
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dynamic memory allocationinstance ofspecifically problem solving.0.80text
data typesinstance ofspecifically problem solving.0.80text
recursioninstance ofspecifically problem solving.0.80text
functions as argumentsinstance ofspecifically problem solving.0.80text
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