Plankalkul

language, history (Or "Plankalkuel" if you don't have

umlauts). The first programming language, designed by KonradZuse, ca. 1945. Zuse wrote "Rechenplan allgemeiner Struktur"

in 1944 which developed into Plankalkul. Plankalkul included

arrays and records and used a style of assignment in

which the new value appears on the right.

Zuse wrote Plankalkul for his Z3 computer (finished before

1945) and implemented it on there as well. Much of his work

may have been either lost or confiscated in the aftermath of

World War II.

ESR Plankalkul.

["The Plankalkul of Konrad Zuse", F.L. Bauer et al, CACM

15(7):678-685, Jul 1972].

(2002-05-28)