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EOLa symbol manipulation language
Instytut Maszyn Matematyczynch, Warsaw, Poland
A simple symbol manipulation language is presented. The language has been designed mainly as a tool for implementing automatic programming systems. It permits of an arbitrary form of input and output strings and is equipped with separate devices for processing short but complex expressions and for files containing a great amount of information. The instruction format is simple, and more complex operations can be defined by means of procedures, which can be written in the machine language. The possibility of modifying a program before its performance is provided.