SLEPT: a simple computer language for examining data recorded on punched paper tape

Abstract

A versatile language has been developed for the computer processing of paper tape output from multi-channel analysers. It is intended for use in laboratories in which the work load is too varied to justify writing a program, or suite of programs, dedicated to a specific set of operations. The language consists of a set of commands and associated information, which is read from cards and executed by a program written in FORTRAN IV. The program has a modular structure so that new commands can easily be incorporated into the language as required.