Computing Dictionary
Scratchpad I definition
language A general-purpose language originally for interactive
symbolic mathematics by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of
IBM Research, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types,
multiple inheritance and
polymorphism. There were implementations for
VM/CMS and
AIX.
["Scratchpad User's Manual", RA 70, IBM (June 1975)].
(1994-12-15)
