Atlas Autocode

language The Autocode for the Ferranti Atlas, which

may have been the first commercial computer with

hardware-paged virtual memory. Whereas other autocodes

were basically assembly languages, Atlas Autocode was

high-level and block-structured, resembling a cross between

Fortran and ALGOL 60. It had call-by value, loops,

declarations, complex numbers, pointers, heap and

stack storage generators, dynamic arrays, and extensible

syntax.

(2000-04-03)