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CAL, short for Conversational Algebraic Language, was a programming language and system designed and developed by Butler Lampson at Berkeley in 1967 for the SDS 940 mainframe computer. CAL is a version of the seminal JOSS language with several cleanups and new features to take advantage of the SDS platform. Wikipedia →
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- Skim a recent paper: Scallop: A Language for Neurosymbolic ProgrammingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A PC for the teacherThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The programming language PASCALCited 0 times
- Go sideways: SUPER BASICA closely related topic
- Go sideways: JOSSA closely related topic
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A PC for the teacherGregg Brownell, Carol Youngs · 1998
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