ACM-GAMM joint committee
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The ACM-GAMM joint committee was a collaborative group formed by the Association for Computing Machinery and the German Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics to design and standardize the early high-level programming language ALGOL.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
collaborative committee
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computer science committee ⓘ historical organization ⓘ standards committee ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
creating a machine-independent programming language
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facilitating exchange of algorithms between computers ⓘ |
| areaOfImpact |
programming language design
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programming language standardization ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Association for Computing Machinery
NERFINISHED
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German Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composition |
members from ACM
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members from GAMM ⓘ |
| country |
Germany
NERFINISHED
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era |
early 1960s
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late 1950s ⓘ |
| field |
applied mathematics
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computer science ⓘ numerical analysis ⓘ programming languages ⓘ |
| formedBy |
Association for Computing Machinery
NERFINISHED
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German Society for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics NERFINISHED ⓘ Gesellschaft für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
algorithmic languages
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scientific computing ⓘ |
| historicalRole | early international cooperation in programming language design ⓘ |
| influenced |
C programming language
NERFINISHED
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Pascal NERFINISHED ⓘ high-level programming languages ⓘ structured programming ⓘ |
| languageStandardized |
ALGOL
NERFINISHED
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ALGOL 58 NERFINISHED ⓘ ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainWork |
design of ALGOL 58
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design of ALGOL 60 ⓘ |
| notableContribution |
formal description of programming language syntax
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promotion of algorithmic notation in scientific computing ⓘ |
| notableWork | Report on the Algorithmic Language ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to design the ALGOL programming language
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to standardize the ALGOL programming language ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ALGOL 58
NERFINISHED
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ALGOL 60 NERFINISHED ⓘ Backus–Naur form NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
histories of ALGOL
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histories of programming languages ⓘ |
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