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SASL (programming language)

SASL (St Andrews Static Language, alternatively St Andrews Standard Language) is a purely functional programming language developed by David Turner at the University of St Andrews in 1972, based on the applicative subset of ISWIM. In 1976 Turner redesigned and reimplemented it as a non-strict (lazy) language. In this form it was the foundation of…

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Designed by
David Turner
First appeared
1972; 54 years ago (1972)
Paradigm
Functional

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SASL (programming language) → David Turner
First appeared · 1
SASL (programming language) → 1972; 54 years ago (1972)
Paradigm · 1
SASL (programming language) → Functional

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sasl turner language iswim miranda functional krc david 1972 st andrews university applicative languages untyped implementation static alternatively standard purely

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SASL (programming language)Designed byDavid Turner1.00infobox
SASL (programming language)First appeared1972; 54 years ago (1972)1.00infobox
SASL (programming language)ParadigmFunctional1.00infobox

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