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JOSS Dead

JOSS
KindProgramming language
Appeared1963
Ended1969
StatusDead
CreatorCliff Shaw / RAND
FamilyIndependent
Sourcewww.rand.org ↗

RAND's conversational language on the JOHNNIAC — arguably the first interactive, timeshared computing experience, and a direct ancestor of BASIC's style of use.

Created by J. C. Shaw

JOSS (Johnniac Open Shop System, 1963) — Cliff Shaw's RAND conversational system — was the first interactive, personal computing language: immediate evaluation, English commands, dedicated terminals.\n\nIt anticipated BASIC and the personal-computing idea — 'open shop' meaning anyone could walk up and use it.

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Sources

  1. rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM5058.html
  2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JOSS