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SETL - Programming language

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SETL is a programming language created in 1969 by Jacob T. Schwartz.

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SETL (SET Language) is a very high-level programming language based on the mathematical theory of sets. It was originally developed by (Jack) Jacob T. Schwartz at the New York University (NYU) Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences in the late 1960s.. Read more on Wikipedia...


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print("Hello, world!");
Example from Wikipedia:
procedure factorial(n); -- calculates the factorial n! return if n = 1 then 1 else n * factorial(n - 1) end if; end factorial;

Language features

Feature Supported Token Example
Print() Debugging ✓ print
Line Comments ✓ --
-- A comment
Comments ✓
Semantic Indentation X

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