JOSS (JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) is an early interactive, conversational programming language developed by Cliff Shaw at the RAND Corporation, first operational in 1963 on the JOHNNIAC computer, designed to let users type simple algebraic commands and receive immediate typewriter responses rather than submitting batch jobs. JOSS is considered one of the first genuinely interactive, time-shared programming environments, directly influencing the design of later conversational languages such as BASIC. Its clean, English-like syntax for arithmetic and control statements was aimed explicitly at non-specialist users.
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First Released Paradigmnon-structured, procedural, imperative 2 SignificanceOne of the first interactive, time-sharing programming languages. 2 Connections
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1. Wikidata: JOSS
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- Wikidata Q974083 P571 (inception)
View the Source2. JOSS (Wikipedia)
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JOSS was initially implemented on the JOHNNIAC machine at RAND Corporation and put online in 1963.
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non-structured, procedural, imperative
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JOSS (acronym for JOHNNIAC Open Shop System) was one of the first interactive, time-sharing programming languages.
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Programming Language Database (PLDB): JOSS - PLDB
Programming Language Database (PLDB)In Group: Early High-Level Languages and Coding Systems, Page textQuote, In Group: Early High-Level Languages and Coding Systems, Page text
one of the very first interactive, time-sharing programming languages
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