Scratchpad I
A general-purpose language originally for interactive symbolic mathematics by
Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of IBM
Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, multiple
inheritance and polymorphism. There were implementations for VM/CMS and AIX.
["Scratchpad User's Manual", RA 70, IBM (June 1975)].
(1994-12-15)
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Scratchpad I
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Scratchpad II
See Scratchpad I, AXIOM.
["Scratchpad II Programming Language Manual", R.D. Jenks et al, IBM, 1985].
[Scratchpad II Newsletter: Computer Algebra Group, TJWRC, Box 218, Yorktown Hts,
NY 10598].
Nearby terms:
scratch disk « scratch monkey « Scratchpad I «
Scratchpad II » scream and die » Screamer »
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