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FORMAC (programming language)

Known as: FORMAC, FORMAC programming language, Formula Manipulation Compiler 
FORMAC, acronym of FORmula MAnipulation Compiler was an early computer algebra system based on FORTRAN. It was developed by Jean E. Sammet. FORMAC… 
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Review
1981
Review
1981
ORTOCARTAN — A new computer program for analytic calculations in general relativity
This paper is meant to announce the appearance of a new computer program for symbolic calculations in general relativity, named… 
1975
1975
Utilizing the FORMAC novelties
FORMAC is a formula manipulation system and language, which was originally developed by IBM (ref. R. Tobey et al.: PL/1-FORMAC… 
1973
1973
An interesting bug in FORMAC
The zoology of bugs allows us to classify the species of programming bugs into two subspecies: those that are unwholesome to a… 
1971
1971
An application of formac to the Computation of coverage functions
This paper deals with a method of evaluating coverage functions, significantly different from existing methods in two respects… 
1969
1969
Symbolic solution of a system of first order linear differential equations
PL/I FORMAC is used to find the symbolic solution to a system of first order simultaneous linear differential equations with… 
1969
1969
The Scope FORMAC language
Describing experimental on-line interactive symbolic prototype Scope FORMAC language implemented on IBM 2250 graphic display unit 
1968
1968
Computer program for symbolic reduction of block diagrams using FORMAC
1967
1967
Tensor calculations on computer: appendix
In the main text of the paper [Comm. ACM 9, 12 (Dec. 1966), 864], a FORMAC program was discussed which is capable of calculating… 
1965
1965
Automatic simplification in FORMAC
Simplification is a central and basic operation in the manipulation of mathematical expressions. Indeed, much of the tedious… 
1964
1964
Introduction to FORMAC
The purpose of this paper is to give an over-all view of the FORMAC language. FORMAC is an experimental programming system… 
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