CEEMAC

CEEMAC is a <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> developed in the 1980s for the <a href="/facts/Apple_II/se82CNvK">Apple II</a> family of computers. It was developed by Brooke Boering and published by Vagabondo Enterprises,
CEEMAC is a visual composition language in which the programmer designs dynamic "scores" by programmatically controlling color, shape, sound and movement. A programmer can then "perform" their score through use of the Apple II keyboard or <a href="/facts/Paddle_(game_controller)/dLUxdY1C">paddle</a> input devices to introduce additional variation.
Syntax loosely resembles a combination of <a href="/facts/BASIC/VYMl5TmA">BASIC</a> and <a href="/facts/Pascal_(programming_language)/b3yvp8bF">Pascal</a> and includes control commands such as <a href="/facts/GOTO/V3bV9yVn">GOTO</a>, <a href="/facts/GOSUB/VYMl5TmA">GOSUB</a>, DO, AGAIN, FOR, SKIP, EXIT and <a href="/facts/Control_flow/2XTDfErC">loop</a> control structures such as <a href="/facts/Conditional_(programming)/8gDQTqUD">IF</a>/<a href="/facts/While_loop/hLrKdAFo">WHILE</a> and TIL/UNLESS. Additionally, 30 predefined <a href="/facts/Macro_(computer_science)/7abAsm1o">macros</a> aid in score composition.
CEEMAC was originally marketed through distribution of a free demonstration program entitled Fire Organ. This program contained several scores created by Boering and other programmers to demonstrate some of the capabilities of the language.

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