Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program

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Symbolic Optimal Assembly Program

   <language> (SOAP) The {IBM 650}'s {assembly language}.
   "Optimal" refers to rearranging instructions on slowly
   rotating {drum memory}.

   Versions: SOAP I, SOAP II, CASE SOAP III.

   [Listed in CACM 2(5):16, May 1959].

   (1994-11-04)