SAKO (programming language)
| SAKO | |
|---|---|
| Paradigm | Multi-paradigm: structured, imperative (procedural), array |
| Designed by | Leon Łukaszewicz, Antoni Mazurkiewicz, Jan Borowiec, Jowita Koncewicz, Maria Łącka, Stefan Sawicki, Jerzy Swianiewicz, Piotr Szorc, Alfred Szurman and Andrzej Wiśniewski |
| Developer | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| First appeared | 1960 |
| Influenced by | |
| Fortran | |
SAKO (PL: System Automatycznego KOdowania - EN: An Automatic Coding System) is a Polish language-based programming language written between 1959 and 1960 by a team from the ZAM division of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Originally developed for the XYZ and ZAM-2 computers, it was also ported over to the ZAM-21, ZAM-41 and the Mińsk-22.
General features of the SAKO language:
- commands similar to sentences used in natural language
- shortening the time required to learn the principles of programming
- ease of use, which reduced coding time
- transparent program code, lowering the probability of making a mistake
It had a static address allocation. It was possible to insert code in SAS macro assembler. The compilation proceeded in two stages:
- From SAKO to simplified SAS macro assembler (SAS-W).
- From SAS-W to machine language.
The most characteristic feature of SAKO are Polish commands, e.g. CZYTAJ, SKOCZ DO. It was designed primarily for programming numerical calculations.