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language (Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of IAL
produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based
on ALGOL 58, with extensions for large scale real-time
programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The
data elements were items, entries (records) and tables.
Versions include JOVIAL I (IBM 709, 1960), JOVIAL II (IBM7090, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965). Dialects: J3, JOVIALJ73, JS, JTS.
Ada/Jovial Newsletter, Dale Lange +1 (513) 255-4472.
[CACM 6(12):721, Dec 1960].
(1996-07-19)