Chapter 2, Problem 1RQ

In what year was Plankalkül designed? In what year was that design published?

Explanation of Solution

Plankalkül:

Plankalkül programming language was designed by German scientist Konrad Zuse in the year 1945.

• Konrad Zuse developed a series of complex and sophisticated computers from electromechanical relays.
• Zuse get on board to develop a programming language to express his computations for the Z4, the latest and only remaining model of his complex and sophisticated computers.
• He named the programming language as Plankalkül, which is translated as Program calculus.

Published year:

The manuscript of the Plankalkül programming language is published in the year 1972 but dated as 1945, the manuscript is a lengthy one in which Zuse defined Plankalkül and developed algorithms in the Plankalkül programming language that solves wide variety of problems.