dlbaer@helm.UUCP (04/27/87)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4/6/87
CONTACT Dennis Baer
516 694 5872
Software author Dennis Baer has released the Structured
Programming Language, (SPL) a free format block structured
programming language that runs on MSDOS and PCDOS operating
systems. SPL is an alternative to PASCAL and C.
The SPL language is implemented by a translator which
converts SPL source code to a Microsoft BASIC program which can
then be compiled with Microsoft's Quick Basic, MS BASIC, IBM's
BASICA, or ported to machines such as AMIGA, MACINTOSH, ATARI ST,
or CP/M and compiled with the BASIC compiler for those machines.
SPL has been released as SHARE WARE and is available as file
SPLLIB.ARC on BIX in the IBM SIG or available on various bbs
systems:
516 334 8221 (1200 baud) No registration required for DOWNLOADING.
SPL is also available as volume 666 from PCSIG 800 245 6717.
If you have any questions you may call me at 516-694-5872 from
Monday thru Friday from 10:00 am to 6:30 pm New York time.
Some major features and advantages of SPL
o SPL is an alternative to the PASCAL and C languages
o SPL programs can be run on MACINTOSH,AMIGA,ATARI ST,CP/M
o The SPL processor will run on MSDOS emulators on MACINTOSH,
AMIGA,ATARI ST
o PROCEDURES
o WHILE loops
o FOR loops with REAL and INTEGER indicies and increments
o REPEAT loops
o Powerful IF THEN ELSE constructs
o Powerful RANDOM and SEQUENTIAL INPUT/OUTPUT including
formatted OUTPUT
o GRAPHICS statements PSET DRAW LINE CIRCLE PRESET SCREEN .....
o BEGIN END blocks
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o ERROR trapping
o Statement labels (multiple labels supported)
o Strong data types INTEGER REAL STRING scalars and arrays
o Names of variables and labels up to 40 characters upper and
lower case
o Supports mathematical functions SIN COS TAN LOG EXP .....
o STRING functions MID$ LEFT$ RIGHT$ STR$ VAL$ ASC$ .....
o Your compiled BASIC programs do not become obsolete link
them together
o SPL programs run faster than PASCAL programs
o SPL programs can take advantage of an entire 640k IBM PC
o The SPL processor will work on an IBM PCjr with 128k and
1 drive
2spf@moss.ATT.COM (04/29/87)
In article <221@helm.UUCP> dlbaer@helm.UUCP (Dennis L. Baer) writes: > Software author Dennis Baer has released the Structured > Programming Language, (SPL) a free format block structured > programming language that runs on MSDOS and PCDOS operating Dennis, is this language related in any way to the U.S. Navy's SPL/1? That language (which I have studiously avoided) has been described to me as an Algol/Pascal derivitive, and is usually used in signal processing applications (perhaps it's their Signal Processing Language -- SPL?). If your invention is NOT related to theirs, then you and the Navy are practicing language name/acronym overloading (not the first time, I'm sure). This could prove inconvenient to you, and I doubt the Navy will change the name of THEIR language. Just thought you should know... Steve
blarson@castor.usc.edu (Bob Larson) (04/30/87)
In article <8894@clyde.ATT.COM> spf@moss.UUCP (Steve Frysinger) writes: >In article <221@helm.UUCP> dlbaer@helm.UUCP (Dennis L. Baer) writes: >> Software author Dennis Baer has released the Structured >> Programming Language, (SPL) a free format block structured >> programming language that runs on MSDOS and PCDOS operating >Dennis, is this language related in any way to the U.S. Navy's SPL/1? It almost certanly isn't related to Prime's Systems Programing Language SPL, a PL/1 based language (a superset of a subset, does not have PL/1 I/O). -- Bob Larson Arpa: Blarson@Usc-Eclb.Arpa Uucp: (several backbone sites)!sdcrdcf!usc-oberon!castor.usc.edu!blarson seismo!cit-vax!usc-oberon!castor.usc.edu!blarson
pdg@ihdev.UUCP (04/30/87)
In article <8894@clyde.ATT.COM> spf@moss.UUCP (Steve Frysinger) writes: >In article <221@helm.UUCP> dlbaer@helm.UUCP (Dennis L. Baer) writes: >> Software author Dennis Baer has released the Structured >> Programming Language, (SPL) a free format block structured >> programming language that runs on MSDOS and PCDOS operating > >Dennis, is this language related in any way to the U.S. Navy's SPL/1? Or Hewlett Packard's SPL (Systems Programming Language) for the HP3000, a pascal/algol like beastie that also has some low level type features, and lots of access to `intrinsics', HP's stab at monitor/system calls. Actually, sort of nice to program in, compared to your alternatives, BASIC, COBOL, FORTRAN or RPG. By the way, do any other BASICs exist that only allow identifiers to be one character and an optional digit in length? (At least the version I worked on 7 or odd years ago did). It took me about a 30 line program to write a mnemonic translater. Wonder why HP couldn't do the same?!! -- Paul Guthrie ihnp4!ihdev!pdg This Brain left intentionally blank.
rodgin@hpccc.HP.COM (Lisa Rodgin) (05/01/87)
Just to confuse the issue even more, the 'System Programming Language'
for the Hewlett-Packard 3000 machine is called....you guessed it!
SPL/3000!schwartz@swatsun (Scott Schwartz) (05/06/87)
> It almost certanly isn't related to Prime's Systems Programing Language > SPL, a PL/1 based language (a superset of a subset, does not have PL/1 I/O). I thought Pr1me used PLP ("PL/1 subset Pr1me" I guess :-) for systems programming. All the sources for Pr1me system software I've seen were written in PLP, but I suppose it's possible they've another language for internal use. -- # Scott Schwartz # UUCP: ...{{seismo,ihnp4}!bpa, cbmvax!vu-vlsi, sun!liberty}!swatsun!schwartz # AT&T: (215)-328-8610 /* lab phone */
martillo@athena.mit.edu (Yakim Martillo) (05/08/87)
In article <1108@babylon.UUCP> schwartz@swatsun (Scott Schwartz) writes: >> It almost certanly isn't related to Prime's Systems Programing Language >> SPL, a PL/1 based language (a superset of a subset, does not have PL/1 I/O). >I thought Pr1me used PLP ("PL/1 subset Pr1me" I guess :-) for systems >programming. All the sources for Pr1me system software I've seen were >written in PLP, but I suppose it's possible they've another language >for internal use. Primos Ring 0 code nowadays is written in fortran, PLP, SPL, PL1/G, Modula 2 and PMA (which really counts as 4 or 5 separate instruction sets -- the Prime machines are microcoded and Prime never throws anything away so that a Prime machine is actually one of 4 or 5 different possible machines depending on the value of a certain register which is setable on a per user basis). Some primos ring 3 routines are written in C.