JOVIAL
<language> (Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of IAL produced by Jules
I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based on ALGOL 58, with extensions for
large scale real-time programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The
data elements were items, entries (records) and tables.
Versions include JOVIAL I (IBM 709, 1960), JOVIAL II (IBM 7090, 1961) and JOVIAL
3 (1965). Dialects: J3, JOVIAL J73, JS, JTS.
Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange +1 (513) 255-4472.
[CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
(1996-07-19)
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