Algae programming language

In computing, the algae programming language is an interpreted programming language for numerical analysis, a branch of mathematics. Its interpreter is available under GPL. The language was designed by Scott Hunziker and Mike Brennan.

Related Topics:
Computing - Interpreted - Programming language - Numerical analysis - Mathematics - GPL

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Examples follow http://algae.sourceforge.net/algae_3.html#SEC3:

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• Print temperature conversions

fahr = sort (0:300:20, 32, 212);

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celsius = (5/9)*(fahr-32);

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• Read and sum some numbers

sum = 0;

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$read = 1;

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while ($read) { sum += readnum(); }

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sum?

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