Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p ABC is an imperative general-purpose programming language and programming environment developed at CWI, Netherlands by Leo Geurts, Lambert Meertens, and Steven Pemberton. It is interactive, structured, high-level, and intended to be used instead of BASIC, Pascal, or AWK. It is not meant to be a systems-programming language but is intended for teaching or prototyping.ABC has only five basic datatypes. It does not require variable declarations. It has explicit support for top-down programming. Statement nesting is indicated by indentation, via the off-side rule. It provides infinite precision arithmetic, unlimited-sized lists and strings, and other features supporting orthogonality and ease of use by novices. Its designers claim that ABC programs are typically around a quarter the size of the equivalent Pascal or C programs, and more readable.ABC was originally a monolithic implementation, leading to an inability to adapt to new requirements, such as creating a Graphical User Interface. ABC could not directly access the underlying file system and operating system.ABC includes a programming environment with syntax-directed editing, suggestions, persistent variables, and multiple workspaces.ABC is available as an interpreter/compiler, currently at version 1.05.02. ABC has been ported to Unix, DOS, Atari, and Apple Macintosh.ABC also had a major influence on the design of the Python programming language; Guido van Rossum, who developed Python, previously worked for several years on the ABC system in the early 1980s.. }
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- ABC_(programming_language) abstract "ABC is an imperative general-purpose programming language and programming environment developed at CWI, Netherlands by Leo Geurts, Lambert Meertens, and Steven Pemberton. It is interactive, structured, high-level, and intended to be used instead of BASIC, Pascal, or AWK. It is not meant to be a systems-programming language but is intended for teaching or prototyping.ABC has only five basic datatypes. It does not require variable declarations. It has explicit support for top-down programming. Statement nesting is indicated by indentation, via the off-side rule. It provides infinite precision arithmetic, unlimited-sized lists and strings, and other features supporting orthogonality and ease of use by novices. Its designers claim that ABC programs are typically around a quarter the size of the equivalent Pascal or C programs, and more readable.ABC was originally a monolithic implementation, leading to an inability to adapt to new requirements, such as creating a Graphical User Interface. ABC could not directly access the underlying file system and operating system.ABC includes a programming environment with syntax-directed editing, suggestions, persistent variables, and multiple workspaces.ABC is available as an interpreter/compiler, currently at version 1.05.02. ABC has been ported to Unix, DOS, Atari, and Apple Macintosh.ABC also had a major influence on the design of the Python programming language; Guido van Rossum, who developed Python, previously worked for several years on the ABC system in the early 1980s.".