About this episode
This episode discusses the unique General Purpose Simulation Language (GPSS) and its characteristics as a programming language.
In which we discuss GPSS: the General Purpose Simulation Language. As for as languages go, this is a unique one. It's designed for certain types of simulations. It's code is just a handy way to feed a flowchart into a computer. It's design is closer to an analog computer than it is to a programming language. Yet GPSS is Turing Complete. Step inside and prepare to be... confused! The big source of the show: https://dl.acm.org/doi/epdf/10.1145/960118.808382 - The Development of GPSS Like Advent of Computing? Then check out the after show! Adjunct of Computing is now LIVE: YouTube Spotify Apple Podcasts
People in this episode
Host: Sean Haas
Topics covered
- simulation languages
- GPSS
- Turing completeness
- programming languages
- analog computers
Keywords
- GPSS
- General Purpose Simulation Language
- simulation
- Turing Complete
- programming
- flowchart
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: GPSS
Books & works: The Development of GPSS
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