SASL (programming language)

SASL (from St Andrews Static Language, alternatively St Andrews Standard Language) is a purely functional programming language developed by David Turner at the University of St Andrews in 1972, based on the applicative subset of ISWIM.^[1] In 1976 Turner redesigned and reimplemented it as a non-strict (lazy) language.^[2] In this form it was the foundation of Turner's later languages KRC and Miranda, but SASL appears to be untyped whereas Miranda has polymorphic types.

Burroughs Corporation used SASL to write a compiler and operating system.^[3]

External links

• The SASL Language Manual

Notes

1. ^ Turner, An implementation of SASL
2. ^ Turner , A New Implementation Technique for Applicative Languages, pages 31-49
3. ^ Turner, D. A. "Some History of Functional Programming Languages" (PDF). 

References

• Turner, D.A. "An Implementation of SASL". University of St. Andrews, Department of Computer Science Technical Report. TR/75/4. 
• Turner, D.A. (1979). "A New Implementation Technique for Applicative Languages". Software - Practice and Experience. 9: 31. doi:10.1002/spe.4380090105.