<s>
SP/k	B-Language
is	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
circa	O
1974	O
by	O
R.C.	O
</s>
<s>
Barnard	O
and	O
J.R.	O
Cordy	O
as	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
the	O
PL/I	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
designed	O
for	O
teaching	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SP/k	B-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
languages	O
specifically	O
designed	O
to	O
encourage	O
structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
features	O
of	O
SP/k	B-Language
were	O
chosen	O
to	O
encourage	O
structured	B-Language
problem	O
solving	O
by	O
computers	O
,	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
language	O
easy	O
to	O
learn	O
and	O
use	O
,	O
to	O
eliminate	O
confusing	O
and	O
redundant	O
constructs	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
language	O
easy	O
to	O
compile	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SP/k	B-Language
is	O
actually	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
language	O
subsets	O
called	O
SP/1	O
,	O
SP/2	O
,	O
...	O
SP/8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
subset	O
introduces	O
new	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
constructs	O
while	O
retaining	O
all	O
the	O
constructs	O
of	O
preceding	O
subsets	O
,	O
forming	O
a	O
stepwise	O
system	O
for	O
teaching	O
computer	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
and	O
philosophy	O
of	O
SP/k	B-Language
was	O
a	O
strong	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
Turing	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
