program | a (main) program |
Syntax | A program is:
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Description | A Turing program consists of a list of statements and declarations.
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Example | This is a complete Turing program. It outputs Alan M. Turing.
put "Alan M. Turing" | |||||||||
Example | This is a complete Turing program. It outputs a triangle of stars.
var stars : string := "*" loop put stars stars := stars + "*" end loop | |||||||||
Example | This is a complete Turing program. It outputs Hello once and Goodbye twice.
procedure sayItAgain ( what : string, n : int ) for i : 1 .. n put what end for end sayItAgain sayItAgain ( "Hello", 1) sayItAgain ( "Goodbye", 2 ) | |||||||||
Details | In a program there can be many units (see unit), one of which is the program (called the main program), the others of which are modules, monitors and classes. The main program is optionally preceded by an import list, which lists the units that it uses.
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See also | import list.
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