MOL-360 explained

MOL-360 is a mid-level systems programming language for the IBM System/360 family of computers based on Algol.[1] [2]

The only data structure supported by the language is arrays. It has no support for floating point data, but allows direct access to processor registers and inline assembly language.

MOL-360 was used by System Development Corporation (SDC) to develop the ADEPT time-sharing system.[3]

A similar language, MOL940, was written for the SDS 940 computer system.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rubinoff. Morris. Advances in Computers. 1972. Academic Press. 9780080566443.
  2. Sammet. Jean. Brief Survey of Languages Used for Systems Implementation. ACM SIGPLAN Notices. October 1971. 6. 9. 1–19. 10.1145/942596.807055. free.
  3. Book: System Development Corporation. Technical Memorandum TM-3628/002/00. 1968. https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155315/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/680248.pdf. dead. February 1, 2014.