SuperPET Waterloo microAPL
physical object
2016.6.116
Description
The Waterloo Micro Language Was Created to provide a learning environment on small, microprocessor-based computers that were compatible with massive mainframes. Students developed skills on the cheaper, more numerous machines that were then easily transferred to real-world systems they would encounter while on a Co-op term or after graduating.
The University of Waterloo pioneered this approach to programming education in the 1960's with WATFOR- a student oriented version of the FORTRAN programming language. WATFOR was highly successful around the world.
The Waterloo micro languages were initially created for the MicroWAT and SuperPET. Later, they were adapted for other computers, such as the revolutionary IBM PC, by a spin-off company called WATCOM.
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