JOVIAL

JOVIAL is a programming language that is mainly used by the armed forces of the United States.

General

JOVIAL ( Jules Own Version of the International Algorithmic Language) is a 1959 developed for use in embedded systems programming. It was developed by Jules Schwartz and syntax accords essentially Algol 58 This is also indicated the name part International Algorithmic Language through which corresponds to the original name of ALGOL.

Standards and application areas

The language was standardized as 1589 1973 United States Defense Standard ( MIL -STD ) and revised in 1984 as MIL -STD- 1589C. The reason for the standardization is to spread the language for maintenance and operation of aircraft and vehicles of the U.S. military.

The JOVIAL compiler of the U.S. Air Force allows compilation for architectures Intel 80386 and higher, MIPS R4000, IBM AP 101, Zilog Z8002 and Motorola 68000th

Among the military equipment that are operated with an application written in JOVIAL software include, for example, the Advanced Cruise Missile, the Boeing B- 52 bomber, the Northrop B-2 bomber, and the UH -60 Blackhawk helicopter.

In the summer of 2008, the Northrop Corporation announced it would soon develop the software for the B-2 bombers in C.