A-0 (or
A0) is a
programming language for the
UNIVAC I or
II[?], using three-address code instructions for solving
mathematical problems. A-0 was the first language for which a
compiler was developed. It was produced by
Grace Hopper's team at
Remington Rand[?] in
1952. Later internal versions were
A-1[?],
A-2[?],
A-3,
AT-3[?]. A-3 was released as
ARITH-MATIC; AT-3 was released as
MATH-MATIC.
- The A-2 Compiler System, Rem Rand, 1955.
- PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: History and Fundamentals, Sammet 1969, p. 12
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For "A0" the ISO 216 specification for paper, see paper size.