<s>
GASP	B-Language
,	O
GASP	B-Language
II	O
and	O
GASP	B-Language
IV	O
are	O
FORTRAN-based	O
simulation	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GASP	B-Language
stands	O
for	O
General	O
Activity	O
Simulation	O
Program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SLAM	O
(	O
Simulation	O
Language	O
for	O
Analogue	O
Modelling	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
language	O
based	O
on	O
Fortran	B-Application
and	O
GASP	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
GASP	B-Language
project	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
Philip	O
J	O
.	O
Kiviat	O
at	O
U.S.	O
Steel	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
gearedto	O
use	O
on	O
small	O
to	O
medium	O
size	O
computers	O
with	O
FORTRAN	B-Application
II	O
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
SIMSCRIPT	B-Language
(	O
conceived	O
in	O
1962	O
)	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
developmental	O
links	O
of	O
GASP	B-Language
(	O
1964	O
)	O
at	O
RAND	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
RAND	O
principals	O
conceded	O
that	O
"	O
GASP	B-Language
cannot	O
compete	O
with	O
SIMSCRIPT	B-Language
"	O
the	O
same	O
person	O
praised	O
GASP	B-Language
's	O
strength	O
:	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
serves	O
well	O
those	O
who	O
have	O
only	O
a	O
small	O
machine	O
or	O
who	O
use	O
several	O
computers	O
with	O
no	O
common	O
language.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
GASP	B-Language
II	O
is	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
GASP	B-Language
which	O
even	O
supports	O
PERT	O
simulations	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
named	O
Basic	O
GASP	B-Language
II	O
was	O
introduced	O
to	O
facilitate	O
reduced	O
per-user	O
computer	O
resources	O
in	O
a	O
teaching	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
GASP	B-Language
IV	O
was	O
a	O
further	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
