- Rapira
: "Rapira is also a name for the
T-12 antitank gun ."Rapira ( _ru. РАПИРА, rapier) is an educational
procedural programming language developed in the USSR and implemented onAgat computer . It was an interpreted language with dynamic type system and high level constructions. The language originally had a Russian-based set of keywords, but English and Moldovan were added later. Also, it was more elegant and easier to use than existing Pascal implementations of the time.Rapira was used in teaching
computer programming in Soviet schools. The programming environment included a text editor and an integrated debugger.Sample program: Проц Старт() Вывод 'Hello World !!!' Кон Проц
The same, but using the English lexics [sic, from the article referenced below] : proc start() output: 'Hello, world!!!'; end proc
Rapira's ideology was based on such languages as
POP-2 andSETL , with strong influences fromALGOL .External links
* [http://ershov.iis.nsk.su/archive/eaindex.asp?did=7653&lang=2 Description of Rapira] at
Andrey Ershov 's archive
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