<s>
SYMP	O
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
programming	O
language	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Control	O
Data	O
Corporation	O
(	O
CDC	O
)	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
the	O
CDC	B-Device
6000	I-Device
series	I-Device
computer	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
1970s	O
and	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
CDCs	O
version	O
of	O
JOVIAL	B-Language
,	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
important	O
CDC	O
software	O
products	O
were	O
implemented	O
in	O
SYMP	O
,	O
including	O
compilers	B-Language
,	O
libraries	O
,	O
a	O
full-screen	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
major	O
subsystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SYMP	O
is	O
a	O
compiled	B-Language
,	O
imperative	B-Application
,	O
and	O
procedural	B-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
Fortran	B-Application
of	O
the	O
day	O
,	O
SYMP	O
supports	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Data	B-General_Concept
structures	I-General_Concept
-	O
Including	O
"	O
based	O
"	O
dynamically	O
allocated	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Structured	B-Language
programming	I-Language
constructs	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fairly	O
unique	O
feature	O
of	O
SYMP	O
,	O
also	O
found	O
in	O
JOVIAL	B-Language
tables	O
,	O
is	O
that	O
arrays	O
of	O
multi-item	O
variables	O
can	O
be	O
specified	O
with	O
either	O
a	O
"	O
serial	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
parallel	O
"	O
memory	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simplifications	O
compared	O
to	O
JOVIAL	B-Language
include	O
:	O
no	O
fixed	O
point	O
data	O
type	O
,	O
no	O
table	O
structures	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
COMPOOL	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
