ARITH-MATIC


ARITH-MATIC is an extension of Grace Hopper's A-2 programming language, developed around 1955. ARITH-MATIC was originally known as A-3, but was renamed by the marketing department of Remington Rand UNIVAC.

Some ARITH-MATIC subroutines

TypeSubroutineDescriptionExplanation
ArithmeticAAOA+B=CThe A in the middle of 'AA0' stands for addition
ArithmeticASOA-B=CThe S in the middle of 'AS0' stands for subtraction
ArithmeticAMOA*B=CThe M in the middle of 'AM0' stands for multiplication
ArithmeticADOA/B=CThe D in the middle of 'AD0' stands for division
TrigonometricTSOOOOSin=BThe S in the middle of 'TS0' stands for Sin
TrigonometricTCOOOOCos=BThe C in the middle of 'TC0' stands for Cos
TrigonometricTTOOOOTan=BThe T in the middle of 'TT0' stands for Tan
TrigonometricTATOOOArctan=BThe AT stands for Arctan
HyperbolicHSOOOOSinh=BThe S in the middle of 'HS0' stands for Sin h
HyperbolicHCOOOOCosh=BThe C in the middle of 'TC0' stands for Cos h
HyperbolicHTOOOOTanh=BThe T in the middle of 'TT0' stands for Tan h
General MathematicalSQROOOSqrt=B
General MathematicalAPNA**N=B**: Exponentiation