FORMAC programming language
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FORMAC, acronym of FORmula MAnipulation Compiler, is an extension of FORTRAN
. It was developed by Jean E. Sammet
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The additional capabilities of FORMAC permit direct computation, manipulation, and use of functions of advanced mathematics which can only be done indirectly and approximately in FORTRAN.
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. It was developed by Jean E. Sammet
Jean E. Sammet
Jean E. Sammet is an American computer scientist who developed the FORMAC programming language in 1962.She received her B.A. in Math from Mount Holyoke College in 1948 and her M.A. in Math from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1949...
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The additional capabilities of FORMAC permit direct computation, manipulation, and use of functions of advanced mathematics which can only be done indirectly and approximately in FORTRAN.