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SIMSCRIPT
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<p>SIMSCRIPT is a free-form, <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English</a>-like general-purpose <a href="/facts/Simulation_language/2SqEKLCP">simulation language</a> conceived by <a href="/facts/Harry_Markowitz/IbJSA0Sf">Harry Markowitz</a> and Bernard Hausner at the <a href="/facts/RAND_Corporation/zArfRxf9">RAND Corporation</a> in 1962. It was implemented as a <a href="/facts/Fortran/m1KqjcMU">Fortran</a> <a href="/facts/Preprocessor/arTRL5RG">preprocessor</a> on the <a href="/facts/IBM_7090/RpY2uI1k">IBM 7090</a> and was designed for large <a href="/facts/Discrete_event_simulation/gQjkaft8">discrete event simulations</a>. It influenced <a href="/facts/Simula/gaEVG7SL">Simula</a>. </p><p>Though earlier versions were released into the public domain, SIMSCRIPT was commercialized by Markowitz's company, <a href="/facts/CACI/ANpNv41L">California Analysis Center, Inc.</a> (CACI), which produced proprietary versions SIMSCRIPT I.5 and SIMSCRIPT II.5. </p>