meaning of forma
1. FORMAC FORmula MAnipulation Compiler. J. Sammet & Tobey, IBM Boston APD, 1962. An extension of Fortran for symbolic mathematics. Versions: PL/I-FORMAC and FORMAC73. ["Introduction to FORMAC", J. E. Sammet et al, IEEE Trans Elec Comp Aug 1964]. [Sammet 1969, pp. 474-491]. FORMAL 1. FORmula MAnipulation Language. An early Fortran extension for symbolic mathematics. ["FORMAL, A Formula Manipulation Language", C. K. Mesztenyi, Computer Note CN-1, CS Dept, U Maryland Jan 1971]. 2. A data manipulation language for nonprogrammers from IBM LASC. ["FORMAL: A Forms-Oriented and Visual-Directed Application System", N. C. Shu, IEEE Computer 188:38-49 1985].
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