Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!chinet!nucsrl!naim
From: naim@nucsrl.UUCP (Naim Abdullah)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: Turing
Message-ID: <1150003@nucsrl.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Oct-86 10:03:31 EST
Article-I.D.: nucsrl.1150003
Posted: Fri Oct 31 10:03:31 1986
Date-Received: Mon, 3-Nov-86 22:57:31 EST
References: <2778@burdvax.UUCP>
Organization: Northwestern Univ., Evanston IL
Lines: 33

/ nucsrl:net.lang / steiny@scc.UUCP (Don Steiny) / 11:35 am  Oct 29, 1986 /
>In article <2778@burdvax.UUCP>, wpl@burdvax.UUCP (William P Loftus) writes:
>> 
>> I'm looking for a definition of Turing; can anyone give me
>> a few references?
>> 
>	Alan Turing is a person.

Yes Alan Turing was a person but I think the original poster was referring
to the Turing programming language (since it was posted in net.lang).

Turing (which was named in honour of Alan Turing) is a general purpose
programming language. Although it was designed mainly for teaching, it
is flexible enough to be used in production work.

It was designed by Holt & Cordy at the Universit of Toronto in 1983 (I
think). I have used Turing (having been a student at U. of T.) and
can testify that it has a nice, clean syntax and it is a pleasure to
write programs in it. It grows on you very well.

You can obtain information about Turing by sending mail to:
 ihnp4!utcsri!distrib (or try utcsri!turing)

Turing also has a formal airtight description and a textbook describing
it. No doubt somebody from U. of T. can give you the exact refs.

Disclaimer: I am not associated in any way with U. of T.or Turing other
than having used Turing during my undergraduate years.

		 Naim Abdullah
		 Dept. of EECS,
		 Northwestern University
		 { ihnp4, chinet }!nucsrl!naim