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<language, mathematics> (IT) An early {compiler} for
mathematics developed by A.J. {Perlis} et al at Carnegie Tech
ca 1957. IT was originally written for the {Burroughs 205},
then the {IBM 650}.
IT was the forerunner of RUNCIBLE, GATE, CORRELATE and GAT.
IT source code was converted to PIT, thence to SPIT.
IT-2 produced machine language directly, IT-3 developed at
Carnegie added double-precision {floating-point}.
[Sammet 1969, pp. 139-141].
[CACM 1(5):22 1958].
(1994-11-30)