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Languages
Little Smalltalk
Smalltalk Express
Little Smalltalk (disc only) for
Archimedes £7.50
Little Smalltalk (disc + book)
£32.50
Little Smalltalk is a package written in
the 'C' language for both DOS and/or
Unix systems and is very portable
within each environment. The
implementation is as faithful as possible
to the world of Smalltalk-80 although
there are many aspects which have
been excluded to keep it simple. Many
of the popular computers available
today, as well as dumb terminals on
mainframe computers, are able to use
the character mapped screen supported
by Little Smalltalk.
The disc has both the binaries and
sources on it. You are requested to
make reference to the original author if
Little Smalltalk should form part of
your work.
For Archimedes 305 and above
FORTRAN 77 (Release 2)
Acornsoft
SKL72
£99.00
FORTRAN is one of the most widely
used of all computer languages.
Originally designed for mathematical
computations, it has become the
predominant language in scientific
research, engineering and Computer
Aided Design applications.
Acomsoft's FORTRAN for the
Archimedes computer follows the
FORTRAN 77 standard and so
facilitates portability of existing
applications. Optional extensions to
the standard include WHILE loops,
block DO statements, complex * 16
data types and a FORTRAN 66 switch.
Release 2 provides support for the
Archimedes Symbolic Debugger (see
the Archimedes Software Developers
Toolbox), the ability to handle large
files and routines to access features of
the operating system (OSWORD,
OSBYTE and OSCLI).
Supporting products are available as
for ANSI C on the Archimedes system.
In addition, see Operating System and
Graphics Libraries for FORTRAN 77.
LANGUAGES AND UTILITIES
ANSI C (Release 2)
Acornsoft
SKL70
£99. 00
The C programming language is widely
used for graphical, numerical, textprocessing
and database software, and
the design of operating systems and
compilers. It is the most versatile
modem computer language for
professional applications, and as a
result is also increasingly in demand for
specialist computer training and
education.
Archimedes ANSI C is a full
implementation of the draft ANSI
standard language definition. In
addition, Archimedes ANSI C
includes a 'portable C compiler'
option, following the Unix pcc de facto
standard. This compliance with the
established standards facilitates
portability of existing applications.
The ANSI C package includes the
C compiler, the ANSI library of over
100 functions, the Linker and an
interface library giving access to the
special input/output features of the
operating system which allows the C
programmer to take full advantage of
the graphics, sound and Window
Manager.
Products available to increase the
power and productivity of Archimedes
ANSI C include the Software
Developer's Toolbox, the Assembler,
the Twin program editor and the
Programmer's Reference Manual.
For Archimedes 310 and above
ISO — Pascal
Acornsoft
SKL38
£99.00
Pascal is a high-level computer
language for learning programming as a
systematic discipline, which combines
clear notation, many similarities to
BASIC and encouragement of
structured program design.
Archimedes ISO Pascal conforms to
the ISO 7185 standard, and the British
Standard 6192:1982, and provides
extensions to the standard that can be
used optionally. These include linkage
of separately compiled modules,
compilation from more than one source
file, import/export functions,
procedures and variables, and inclusion
of in-line assembly language
statements.
Supporting products are available as
for ANSI C on the Archimedes system.
In addition see ISO Pascal Extensions.
Lisp
Acornsoft
SKL1 4
£199.00
Lisp was originally developed to
provide support for an on-going
research project in computer algebra. It
is intended for running experimental
programs, and so makes a policy of
checking for exceptional cases and
provides clear and concise diagnostics.
The Archimedes (Cambridge) Lisp
system is, to a large extent, compatible
with a proposed LISP standard put
forward by Professor A.C. Hearn and
others of the University of Utah and
the Rand Corporation. Lisp includes
an editor, implementation features
such as PRESERVE and LOAD-ON-
CALL FACILITY, I/O routines,
evaluating functions and debugging
functions.
For Archimedes 310 and above
Prolog X
Acornsoft
SKL68
£199.00
Prolog is a simple but powerful
programming language originally
developed at the University of
Marseilles as a practical tool for
programming in logic. Prolog is
especially suitable for high-level
symbolic programming tasks and has
been supplied in many areas of
Artificial . Intelligence research
The interactive Archimedes Prolog
X system consists of an incremental
Prolog compiler, a run-time system and
a wide range of built-in (systemdefined)
procedures. The system is
closely compatible with DEC system-
10 Prolog.
For Archimedes 310 and above
Twin
Acornsoft
SKL44
£29. 00
Archimedes Twin is a professional
programmers' text editor. Designed and
developed at the Acorn Research
Centre in Cambridge, Twin is used for
programming by Acorn's own software
development engineers.
Programming has different text
editing requirements from
conventional word processing,
although some features are similar.
Twin has been designed for quick and
easy program development.