Turing (programming language)

<p>Turing is a <a href="/facts/High-level_programming_language/smjECUhx">high-level</a>, <a href="/facts/General-purpose_programming_language/LyA5zR3M">general purpose</a> <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> developed in 1982 by <a href="/facts/Ric_Holt/xnfcaVbF">Ric Holt</a> and <a href="/facts/James_Cordy/0a9AhkBk">James Cordy</a>, at <a href="/facts/University_of_Toronto/FpGjQNm9">University of Toronto</a> in Ontario, Canada. It was designed to help students taking their first <a href="/facts/Computer_science/lN3pEyPz">computer science</a> course learn how to code. Turing is a descendant of <a href="/facts/Pascal_/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a>, <a href="/facts/Euclid_/juXVgqbg">Euclid</a>, and <a href="/facts/SP/k/fkXYzc49">SP/k</a> that features a clean <a href="/facts/Syntax_(programming_languages)/zM5oInza">syntax</a> and precise machine-independent <a href="/facts/Semantics_(computer_science)/JEP1zyBv">semantics</a>.
</p><p>Turing 4.1.0 is the latest stable version. Versions 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 do not emit stand alone <a href="/facts/.exe/xgRXf4rt">.exe</a> files. Versions pre-4.1.0 have outdated syntax and functions.
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Turing (programming language)