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* | * IEEE Std 1154-1991. The only standard in existence and has since been withdrawn. | ||
==Pilot history== | ==Pilot history== | ||
*PILOT was developed by John Amsden Starkweather in 1968 when he was working as a psychology professor at the University of California, USA. It was partly based on an earlier language he had developed in 1962 called '''Computest''' that automated pupil testing and scoring. | *PILOT was developed by John Amsden Starkweather in 1968 when he was working as a psychology professor at the University of California, USA. It was partly based on an earlier language he had developed in 1962 called '''Computest''' that automated pupil testing and scoring. | ||
[[Category:Programming Languages]] [[Category:Pilot]] | [[Category:Programming Languages]] [[Category:Pilot]] | ||
Revision as of 06:49, 29 December 2014
Description
PILOT or Programmed Instruction, Learning, or Teaching is a programming language intended to be easy to use and in particular to teach newbies and children the basics of programming. A predecessor to Logo, PILOT is tiny and could be efficiently implemented on early microprocessors, in the very early days of personal computers in the mid 70's it fought with PASCAL, Basic FOCAL and to a lesser degree FORTH as the language of choice for microcomputers, but for a short while Microsoft hedged it bets by having FOCAL and PILOT compilers available as well as Basic. In the end Basic won the day mostly since the first four computers that sold in any quantity either had Basic built in, or available at a low cost.
A list of OS/2 implementations of PILOT
- RPilot - Open Source - Discontinued
Libraries and bindings
Editors with PILOT support
A list of DOS implementations of PILOT
- RPilot - Open Source - Discontinued
A list of PILOT implementations that run under WinOS/2
A list of PILOT implementations that run under Java
A list of PILOT implementations in JavaScript
Publications
Tutorials and other learning material
Links
USENET
Standards
- IEEE Std 1154-1991. The only standard in existence and has since been withdrawn.
Pilot history
- PILOT was developed by John Amsden Starkweather in 1968 when he was working as a psychology professor at the University of California, USA. It was partly based on an earlier language he had developed in 1962 called Computest that automated pupil testing and scoring.