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A Pascal program may be considered as a series of ‘statements’ or rules which the computer must follow step by step. These statements are written in a notation which resembles a restricted form of English and algebra. The restrictions are that only a small number of different forms of statement are provided and that the vocabulary used is limited. This vocabulary consists of keywords with fixed meanings called ‘delimiters’ (for example, IF, BEGIN, END) names of objects or ‘identifiers’ (for example, COST, SEX) and other symbols (+ −.).
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© 1978 I. R. Wilson and A. M. Addyman
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Wilson, I.R., Addyman, A.M. (1978). The Form of a Program and Basic Calculations. In: A Practical Introduction to Pascal. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-03709-4_2
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