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].
