Short Code computer language - Programming language

Short Code computer language is a programming language created in 1949.

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Short Code was one of the first higher-level languages ever developed for an electronic computer. Unlike machine code, Short Code statements represented mathematic expressions rather than a machine instruction. Also known as an automatic programming, the source code was not compiled but executed through an interpreter to simplify the programming process; the execution time was much slower though.. Read more on Wikipedia...

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Early development of Short Code computer language happened in University of Pennsylvania
Short Code computer language on HOPL

Example from Wikipedia:

X3 =  (  X1 +  Y1 )  /  X1 * Y1   substitute variables
X3 03 09 X1 07 Y1 02 04 X1   Y1   substitute operators and parentheses.
                                       Note multiplication is represented
                                       by juxtaposition.
07Y10204X1Y1                      group into 12-byte words.
0000X30309X1