The programming language BPL

Howard Williams

doi:10.1093/comjnl/25.3.289

The programming language BPL

Howard Williams

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BPL is a programming language which was developed from the two languages BASIC and Pascal. The chief aim in designing BPL was to create a language as simple to use as BASIC with the additional data types and control structures which make Pascal attractive to use. It is intended in the first instance as a language to teach programming but it can be used for any application where BASIC might have been used, and in many such cases it is simpler to use and the result more readable than if BASIC had been used. For instance, the record facilities make the language more amenable to commercial applications, and the pointer facilities to manipulating complex linked data structures. © 1982 The British Computer Society.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	289-306
Number of pages	18
Journal	Computer Journal
Volume	25
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/25.3.289
Publication status	Published - Aug 1982

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