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language (AED) (Or "ALGOL Extended for Design") A systems
language for the IBM 7090 and IBM 360 developed at MIT
System Laboratory ca. 1965 by a team led by Douglas T. Ross
(now at Softech). AED is an extension of ALGOL 60 with
records ("plexes"), pointers, and dynamic allocation.
DYNAMO II was written in AED, as was the first BCPL
Versions: AED-0, AED-1, AED-JR.
["The Automated Engineering Design (AED) Approach to
Generalized Computer-Aided Design", D.T. Ross, Proc ACM 22nd
Natl Conf, 1967].
[Sammet 1969 and 1978].
(1995-03-26)