GPL, a Truly General Purpose Language

A truly general purpose programming language,
GPL, is described which contains facilities for 
constructing (within the language) new data types as
well as facilities for operations performed upon 
them.  The basic language is minimal in the sense that
no basic element can be derived from the others 
with high efficiency in the object programs.  Constructs
like the ALGOL 60 for-statements,and if-statements 
are not basic; they are special types of procedures.
 New "symbols" (underlined words in ALGOL 60) are 
implicitly defined by usage in other declarations.  As
part words are definable, packed words are handled 
as easily as full words.  "Address" variables
(pointers) are included in full generality.

CACM September, 1968

Garwick, J. V.

programming language, general purpose, self-extending, macro, ALGOL

4.20

CA680908 JB February 22, 1978  8:40 AM

1379	4	1693
1380	4	1693
1542	4	1693
1552	4	1693
1683	4	1693
1693	4	1693
1693	4	1693
1693	4	1693
1693	4	1693
1781	4	1693
1781	4	1693
1781	4	1693
1781	4	1693
1787	4	1693
1824	4	1693
1836	4	1693
1836	4	1693
1854	4	1693
1860	4	1693
1861	4	1693
1945	4	1693
1945	4	1693
2015	4	1693
2060	4	1693
2060	4	1693
2060	4	1693
2061	4	1693
2061	4	1693
2082	4	1693
2091	4	1693
2091	4	1693
2126	4	1693
2152	4	1693
2179	4	1693
2179	4	1693
2340	4	1693
2356	4	1693
2546	4	1693
2546	4	1693
2603	4	1693
2698	4	1693
2698	4	1693
2708	4	1693
2708	4	1693
2824	4	1693
2982	4	1693
2986	4	1693
557	4	1693
3045	4	1693
3045	4	1693
3093	4	1693
1421	5	1693
1477	5	1693
1491	5	1693
1614	5	1693
1693	5	1693
1693	5	1693
1693	5	1693
2126	5	1693
2317	5	1693
823	6	1693
196	6	1693
1198	6	1693
1572	6	1693
1614	6	1693
1693	6	1693
1693	6	1693
1749	6	1693
1753	6	1693
1781	6	1693
2126	6	1693
2148	6	1693
404	6	1693