Draco (programming language)

Draco
Draco
Paradigm	imperative (procedural), structured
Designed by	Chris Gray
First appeared	early 1980s, discontinued around 1990
Typing discipline	static, strong, manifest
OS	CP/M, Amiga
License	copyrighted shareware
Filename extensions	.d .g
Influenced by
	ALGOL 68, Pascal, C

Draco was a shareware programming language created by Chris Gray. First developed for CP/M systems, Amiga version followed in 1987.

Although Draco, a blend of Pascal and C, was well suited for general purpose programming, its uniqueness as a language was its main weak point. Gray used Draco for the Amiga to create a port of Peter Langston's game Empire.

Examples

Hello world:

proc main()void:
    writeln("Hello world");
corp;

References

↑ Foust, John (August 1987). "The AMICUS Network, New Fish disks". Amazing Computing. Vol. 2, no. 8. PiM Publications. p. 85. ISSN 0886-9480.
↑ "PD Toolbox". AmigaWorld Tech Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. IDG Communications. April 1991. p. 24. ISSN 1054-4631.
↑ Quaid, Patrick (May 1988). "Proletariat Programming A Look at Freely Distributable Compilers for the Amiga". Amazing Computing. Vol. 3, no. 5. PiM Publications. p. 82. ISSN 0886-9480.

Gray, Chris (June 1988). "Draco - The Language and Compiler". Transactor for the Amiga. 1 (2): 50.

External links

CP/M distribution
Draco Author Chris Grays compiler page covering Draco
Freeware Draco-to-C converter at Aminet
Source code of Draco at Aminet
Gray, Chris (June 1988). "About Draco". Transactor for the Amiga. 1 (2): 47.

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[1] Foust, John (August 1987). "The AMICUS Network, New Fish disks". Amazing Computing. Vol. 2, no. 8. PiM Publications. p. 85. ISSN 0886-9480.

[2] "PD Toolbox". AmigaWorld Tech Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. IDG Communications. April 1991. p. 24. ISSN 1054-4631.

[3] Quaid, Patrick (May 1988). "Proletariat Programming A Look at Freely Distributable Compilers for the Amiga". Amazing Computing. Vol. 3, no. 5. PiM Publications. p. 82. ISSN 0886-9480.