EPSILON (programming language)
Encyclopedia
A macro language with high level features including strings and lists, developed by A.P. Ershov
at Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement ALGOL 68
on the M-220 computer.
Andrey Ershov
Academician Andrey Petrovych Ershov was a Soviet computer scientist, notable as a pioneer in systems programming and programming language research. He was responsible for the languages ALPHA and Rapira, AIST-0 the first Soviet time-sharing system, electronic publishing system RUBIN, and MRAMOR, a...
at Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement ALGOL 68
ALGOL 68
ALGOL 68 isan imperative computerprogramming language that was conceived as a successor to theALGOL 60 programming language, designed with the goal of a...
on the M-220 computer.
See also
- "Application of the Machine-Oriented Language Epsilon to Software Development", I.V. Pottosin et al., in Machine Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974, pp. 417–434
- FOLDOC - http://foldoc.org/EPSILON