Q: What was NEWP used for?

A: NEWP was a high-level programming language designed for Burroughs large systems, primarily used within the Burroughs MCP (Mainframe Control Program) ecosystem.

Q: Who developed NEWP?

A: NEWP was developed by Burroughs Corporation, a major computer hardware and software company.

Q: What programming paradigms did NEWP support?

A: NEWP supported procedural, imperative, and structured programming paradigms.

Q: What was NEWP's typing discipline?

A: NEWP used static typing with strong typing, meaning type checking was performed at compile time.

Q: What did NEWP replace?

A: NEWP succeeded the Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language (ESPOL), another programming language in the Burroughs MCP environment.

NEWP

high-level programming language

Place Programming Language Q6953629

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Identity

Instance of: programming language

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Developer: Burroughs Corporation^[2]
Platform: Burroughs large systems^[3]
Programming paradigm: procedural programming, imperative programming, structured programming^[5]^[6]^[7]
Replaces: Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language^[4]
Typing discipline: static typing, strong typing^[8]^[9]

🏷️ Also known as

en New Executive Programming Language en NEWP de New Executive Programming Language

🔖 Identifiers · 3

FOLDOC ID: NEW+Programming+language, NEWP
Freebase ID: /m/0g54wq
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 2776725311

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Programming paradigm 3

structured programming, imperative programming, procedural programming

Typing discipline 2

strong typing, static typing

Developer 1

Burroughs Corporation

Instance of 1

programming language

Platform 1

Burroughs large systems

Replaces 1

Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language

← Programmed in 1

Burroughs MCP

← Replaced by 1

Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language

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NEWP is a programming language^[1].

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[1] ↑ NEWP is an instance of programming language (Q9143) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Typing discipline → static typing, strong typing

Instance of → programming language

Replaces → Executive Systems Problem Oriented Language

FOLDOC ID → NEW+Programming+language, NEWP

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