Language peer sets for GIER Algol:
Denmark↑
Denmark/1960↑
Designed 1960 ↑
1960s languages ↑
Second generation↑
Early Cold War↑
Genus True ALGOL60s ↑
Numerical Scientific ↑
True ALGOL60s↑
Generation of Algol 60↑
Algol family ↑
True ALGOL60s/1960↑
Generation of Algol 60/1960↑
Algol family/1960↑
True ALGOL60s/Denmark↑
Generation of Algol 60/Denmark↑
Algol family/Denmark↑
Numerical Scientific ↑
Numerical Scientific/1960↑
Numerical Scientific/dk ↑
GIER Algol(ID:3487/gie001)
Naur's seminal ALGOL 60
alternate simple viewCountry: Denmark
Designed 1960
Published: 1960
Genus: True ALGOL60s
Sammet category: Numerical Scientific
Implementation of Algol 60 by Peter Naur.
Transistorized electronic computer that was a joint development of the Danish Regnecentralen and the Geodætisk Institut (Danish Geodetic Institute) GIER for Geodætisk Institut Elektronisk Regnemaskine.
It was a design classic amongst early computers, having an exterior like a teak B&O hi-fi (refer Simonyi interview). The interpreter itself was similarily elegant.
Featured "pseudo evaluation" - computing by approximations - and read the source code backwards to make forward referencing efficient!!
Related languages
| RegneCentralen ALGOL | → | GIER Algol | One of series | |
| slip | → | GIER Algol | Written using | |
| GIER Algol | →GIER Algol II | Evolution of |
References:
1963
- Naur, Peter (1963) Naur, Peter "The design of the Gier Algol Compiler"
pp124-140, 145-166 At Baur's book site Abstract
in (1963) BIT 3 1963
1964
- Naur, Peter (1964) Naur, Peter "The design of the Gier Algol Compiler" pp49-85
in Goodman, Richard (ed) (1964) Goodman, Richard (ed) "Annual Review in Automatic Programming" (4) 1964 Pergamon Press, Oxford - Naur, Peter (1964) Naur, Peter "Using machine code within an ALGOL system" Bit 4(2) (1964), pp115-117
1965
- Hartford, D. (1965) Hartford, D. L. review of Naur BIT 1964 (GEIR Algol) Abstract
in (1965) ACM Computing Reviews 6(03) May-June 1965 - Ingerman, Peter Z. (1965) Ingerman, Peter Z. review of Naur ARIAP 1964 (GEIR Algol) Abstract
in (1965) ACM Computing Reviews 6(04) July-August 1965 - Jensen, J. (1965) Jensen, J. "Generation of machine code in ALGOL compilers" BIT 5 (1965), 235-245.
- Naur, P. (1965) Naur, P. Checking of operands in ALGOL compilers. BIT 5 (1965), 151-163 Abstract
- Naur, P. (1965) Naur, P. The Performance Of A Systen For Automatic Segmentation Of Programs Within An Algol Compiler. pp89-106 1965
Extract: Introduction
in Information Processing Machines: Proceedings of th (1965) Information Processing Machines: Proceedings of the Symposium held in Prague on September 7th-9th, 1964. Czechislovak Academy of Sciences (Prague) and Iliffe Books, Ltd. (London) 1965 - Naur (1965) Naur, Peter "The performance of a system for automatic segmentation of programs within an ALGOL compiler (Gier ALGOL)"
in [ACM] (1965) [ACM] CACM 8(11) Nov 1965
1966
- Bathos, A. (1966) Bathos, A. P. review of Jensen 1965 (GEIR Algol) Abstract Online copy
in (1966) ACM Computing Reviews 7(04) July-August 1966 - Ershov, AP (1966) Ershov, AP review of Naur CACM 1965 (GEIR Algol) Abstract
in (1966) ACM Computing Reviews 7(04) July-August 1966 - Naur, Peter (1966) Naur, Peter "Program translation viewed as a general data processing problem" pp176-179 Abstract DOI
in [ACM] (1966) [ACM] CACM 9(03) March 1966 includes proceedings of the ACM Programming Languages and Pragmatics Conference, San Dimas, California, August 1965
1976
- Regnecentralen og ALGOL 60. (1976) Regnecentralen og ALGOL 60. pp. 35-40 in Niels Ivar Bech--en Epoke i Edb-Udviklingen i Danmark. Copenhagen: DATA, 1976. ENglish translation at Peter Baur's home page
1999
- (1999) Unsourced interview with Charles Simonyi Online version Abstract
2002
Resources
- GIER ALGOL Tutorial
This is the tutorial for both the GIER emulator and the GIER ALGOL that it has. Load tapes and watch them run. - Photo of a GEIR
- Memories of using GIER Algol