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| Paradigm | imperative |
|---|---|
| First appeared | 1959 (1959) |
| Platform | UNIVAC I |
| Influenced by | |
| FLOW-MATIC,COMTRAN | |
| Influenced | |
| COBOL | |
AIMACO is an acronym forAIrMAterialCOmpiler. It began around 1959 as the definition of ahigh level programming language influenced by theFLOW-MATIC language, developed byUNIVAC, and theCOMTRAN (COMmercial TRANslator) programming language, developed byIBM. AIMACO, along with FLOW-MATIC and COMTRAN, were precursors to theCOBOL programming language and influenced its development.[1]
A committee chaired by a representative of AMC (the Air Material Command, predecessor to theAir Force Materiel Command) and composed of industry representatives from IBM andUnited States Steel, as well as members of AMC Programming Services, developed the draft AIMACO language definition. Even though the word "compiler" was part of its name, no compiler was ever written for it; although at least two were specified or designed.[2]
The original intention of AMC was that all programming for AMC systems worldwide would be written in AIMACO and compiled on a UNIVAC in AMC headquarters atWright-Patterson Air Force Base,Dayton, Ohio. This would be for software whether it was intended to operate on UNIVAC or IBM computers. An alternative compiler was designed by AMC Programming Services persons to compile systems on IBM computers for operation on IBM computers.
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