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External links: Add a document which covers the early history of AED in some detail

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	* Douglas T. Ross, Clarence G. Feldmann, [https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/149329/MIT-LCS-TR-004.pdf Verbal and Graphical Language for the AED System: A Progress Report], MAC-TR-4, May 6, 1964 - contains a fairly full description of the language		* Douglas T. Ross, Clarence G. Feldmann, [https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/149329/MIT-LCS-TR-004.pdf Verbal and Graphical Language for the AED System: A Progress Report], MAC-TR-4, May 6, 1964 - contains a fairly full description of the language
	* [https://hopl.info/showlanguage.prx?exp=1793&language=AE&t=next AED - Engineering flavour of ALGOL] - contains an extensive list of references		* [https://hopl.info/showlanguage.prx?exp=1793&language=AE&t=next AED - Engineering flavour of ALGOL] - contains an extensive list of references
			* [https://web.archive.org/web/20201227113758/https://www.cadhistory.net/03%20MIT%20CAD%20Roots%201945-1965.pdf Computer-Aided Design's Strong Roots at MIT] - excellent detailed history of early CAD work, which covers the early history of AED in some detail

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Jnc: Pretty good basic article

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Pretty good basic article

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'''Algol Extended for Design''' (its informal name; formally, it was '''Automated Engineering Design''' - both usually given as the acronym, '''AED''') was a [[programming language]] for systems, created at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]], and based (as the name implies) on [[ALGOL]]. Work on the underlying project started in 1959, and the first AED [[compiler]] was begun in 1963.

It was an extension of the ALGOL 60 version of ALGOL, with the addition of [[structure]]s (which the project called "plexes"), [[pointer]]s, and [[dynamic allocation]]. It was originally created to run on the [[IBM 7090]], under [[Compatible Time-Sharing System|CTSS]]; it later ran on the [[IBM System/360]].

One notable project written in AED was the first [[BCPL]] compiler.

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==External links==

* Douglas T. Ross, Clarence G. Feldmann, [https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/149329/MIT-LCS-TR-004.pdf Verbal and Graphical Language for the AED System: A Progress Report], MAC-TR-4, May 6, 1964 - contains a fairly full description of the language
* [https://hopl.info/showlanguage.prx?exp=1793&language=AE&t=next AED - Engineering flavour of ALGOL] - contains an extensive list of references

[[Category: Languages]]

Algol Extended for Design - Revision history

Jnc: /* External links */ Add a document which covers the early history of AED in some detail

Jnc: Pretty good basic article