Draco (programming language)

Draco

Paradigm	imperative (procedural), structured
Designed by	Chris Gray
First appeared	early 1980s, discontinued around 1990
Typing discipline	static, strong, manifest
OS	CP/M, Amiga
License	copyrighted shareware
Filename extensions	.d .g
Influenced by
ALGOL 68, Pascal, C

Draco was a shareware programming language created by Chris Gray. First developed for CP/M systems, Amiga version followed in 1987.^[1]

Although Draco, a blend of Pascal and C,^[2] was well suited for general purpose programming, its uniqueness as a language was its main weak point.^[3] Gray used Draco for the Amiga to create a port of Peter Langston's game Empire.

References

1. Foust, John (August 1987). "The AMICUS Network, New Fish disks". Amazing Computing. Vol. 2, no. 8. PiM Publications. p. 85. ISSN 0886-9480.
2. "PD Toolbox". AmigaWorld Tech Journal. Vol. 1, no. 1. IDG Communications. April 1991. p. 24. ISSN 1054-4631.
3. Quaid, Patrick (May 1988). "Proletariat Programming A Look at Freely Distributable Compilers for the Amiga". Amazing Computing. Vol. 3, no. 5. PiM Publications. p. 82. ISSN 0886-9480.

External links

• CP/M distribution
• Draco Author Chris Grays compiler page covering Draco
• Freeware Draco-to-C converter at Aminet
• Source code of Draco at Aminet