Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
Concepts of Programming Languages (11th Edition)
11th Edition
ISBN: 9780133943023
Author: Robert W. Sebesta
Publisher: PEARSON
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Structured English uses a simple English language to make structured programming easier for non-professionals. The program is divided into various parts that are known as logical statements. These statements are written in a simple English language.
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Control flow statements of FORTRAN I:

All control statements of FORTRAN I was based on IBM 704's instructions. And, it is skeptical that,

(1) Whether 704's designers dictated control statements in FORTRAN; or

(2) Whether the designers of FORTRAN I suggested the IBM 704's instructions.

Some of the examples are below:

(a) FORTRAN's arithmetic IF was very important optimization of IBM 704's three way branch instruction...

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