ABC programming language

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high-level programming language interactive programming language procedural programming language programming language

ABC is an early high-level, interactive programming language developed at CWI that emphasized readability and simplicity, and later influenced the design of Python.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
ABC programming language canonical 6
ABC (programming language) 2
ABC language design principles 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf high-level programming language ⓘ
interactive programming language ⓘ
procedural programming language ⓘ
programming language ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Netherlands ⓘ
designedAt CWI ⓘ
designedFor rapid prototyping ⓘ
teaching programming ⓘ
developer Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ⓘ
Lambert Meertens ⓘ
Leo Geurts ⓘ
Steven Pemberton ⓘ
distributionModel openly available implementation ⓘ
documentationLanguage English ⓘ
emphasizes readability ⓘ
simplicity ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ
executionModel interpreted ⓘ
firstAppeared 1980s ⓘ
hasFeature automatic memory management ⓘ
high-level data types ⓘ
integrated debugger ⓘ
integrated editor ⓘ
interactive environment ⓘ
strong typing ⓘ
hasSyntaxCharacteristic English-like keywords ⓘ
indentation-based blocks ⓘ
influenced Guido van Rossum ⓘ
Python ⓘ
surface form: Python programming language
influencedBy SETL ⓘ
influencedFeatureOf Python emphasis on readability ⓘ
Python high-level data types ⓘ
Python indentation-based block structure ⓘ
intendedToReplace BASIC ⓘ
Pascal ⓘ
notableImplementationSite Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica ⓘ
surface form: CWI Amsterdam
paradigm imperative programming ⓘ
structured programming ⓘ
status historical programming language ⓘ
supports arbitrary-precision arithmetic ⓘ
nested function definitions ⓘ
structured data types ⓘ
top-down program development ⓘ
targetUser educators ⓘ
novice programmers ⓘ
typingDiscipline implicit ⓘ
strong ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Guido van Rossum → inspiredBy → ABC programming language ⓘ
Algol 68 → influenced → ABC programming language ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (programming language)
Lambert Meertens → notableWork → ABC programming language ⓘ
Lambert Meertens → notableConcept → ABC programming language ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC language design principles
SETL → influenced → ABC programming language ⓘ
this entity surface form: ABC (programming language)
Leo Geurts → notableWork → ABC programming language ⓘ
Leo Geurts → developed → ABC programming language ⓘ
Steven Pemberton → notableWork → ABC programming language ⓘ
Meertens → notableWork → ABC programming language ⓘ
subject surface form: Lambert Meertens