PACTwas a series ofcompilersfor theIBM 701andIBM 704scientific computers. Their development was conducted jointly by IBM and a committee of customers starting in 1954.PACT Iwas developed for the 701, andPACT IAfor the 704. The emphasis in that early generation of compilers was minimization of thememory footprint,because memory was a very expensive resource at the time.[1]The word "compiler" was not in widespread use at the time, so most of the 1956 papers described it as an "(automatic) coding system",[2][3]although the word compiler was also used in some papers.[4][5]
See also
edit- Speedcoding,an interpreter for the 701
- FORTRAN
- KOMPILER
- SHARE
References
edit- ^Allen, F. E. (September 1981). "The history of language processor technology in IBM".IBM Journal of Research and Development.25(5): 537.CiteSeerX10.1.1.84.5616.doi:10.1147/rd.255.0535.
- ^Melahn, Wesley S. (1956). "A Description of a Cooperative Venture in the Production of an Automatic Coding System".J. ACM.3(4): 266–271.doi:10.1145/320843.320844.
- ^Baker, Charles L. (1956)."The PACT I Coding System for the IBM Type 701".J. ACM.3(4): 272–278.doi:10.1145/320843.320845.
- ^Mock, Owen R. (1956)."Logical Organization of the PACT I Compiler".J. ACM.3(4): 279–287.doi:10.1145/320843.320846.
- ^Miller, Jr., Robert C.; Oldfield, Bruce (1956)."Producing Computer Instructions for the PACT I Compiler".J. ACM.3(4): 288–291.doi:10.1145/320843.320847.
External links
edit- "JACM: Vol 3, No 4 - series of articles about PACT".Journal of the ACM.Retrieved2023-08-08.