<s>
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
higher-level	O
languages	O
developed	O
for	O
an	O
electronic	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
,	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
statements	O
represented	O
mathematic	O
expressions	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
machine	B-Language
instruction	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
known	O
as	O
an	O
automatic	O
programming	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
was	O
not	O
compiled	O
but	O
executed	O
through	O
an	O
interpreter	B-Application
to	O
simplify	O
the	O
programming	O
process	O
;	O
the	O
execution	O
time	O
was	O
much	O
slower	O
though	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
proposed	O
by	O
John	O
Mauchly	O
in	O
1949	O
and	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
Brief	B-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
Schmitt	O
implemented	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Brief	B-Language
Code	I-Language
in	O
1949	O
for	O
the	O
BINAC	B-Device
computer	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
debugged	O
and	O
tested	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
year	O
Schmitt	O
implemented	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
Brief	B-Language
Code	I-Language
for	O
the	O
UNIVAC	O
I	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
(	O
also	O
Short	B-Language
Order	I-Language
Code	I-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revised	O
version	O
of	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
was	O
developed	O
in	O
1952	O
for	O
the	O
UnivacII	O
by	O
A.B.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
represented	O
expressions	O
,	O
the	O
representation	O
itself	O
was	O
not	O
direct	O
and	O
required	O
a	O
process	O
of	O
manual	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
of	O
an	O
expression	O
were	O
represented	O
by	O
two-character	O
codes	O
and	O
then	O
divided	O
into	O
6-code	O
groups	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
conform	O
to	O
the	O
12-byte	O
words	O
used	O
by	O
BINAC	B-Device
and	O
Univac	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
converted	O
to	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
by	O
a	O
sequence	O
of	O
substitutions	O
and	O
a	O
final	O
regrouping	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
basic	O
arithmetic	O
,	O
Short	B-Language
Code	I-Language
allowed	O
for	O
branching	O
and	O
calls	O
to	O
a	O
library	O
of	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
language	O
was	O
interpreted	B-Application
and	O
ran	O
about	O
50	O
times	O
slower	O
than	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
