A SHARP (AXIOM)

'A#' (A sharp) is an object-oriented functional programming language distributed as a separable component of Version 2 of the Axiom computer algebra system. A# types and functions are first-class values and can be used freely in conjunction with an extensive library of data structures and other mathematical abstractions. A key design guideline for A# was suitability of compilation to portable and efficient machine code.
Development of A# has now switched to the Aldor programming language.
There is both an A# optimising compiler and an A# intermediate code interpreter. The compiler can produce any of:

★ stand-alone executable programs

★ object libraries in native operating system formats

★ portable bytecode libraries

★ C source code, or

★ Lisp source code.
Ports have been made to many different architectures (16, 32, and 64 bit):

★ RS/6000

★ SPARC

★ DEC Alpha

★ IA-32

★ Intel 286

★ Motorola 680x0

★ System/370
And to several operating systems:

★ Linux

★ AIX

★ SunOS

★ HP-UX

★ NeXT

★ Mach

★ plus a variety of other Unix systems

★ OS/2

★ DOS

★ Microsoft Windows

★ VMS

★ VM/CMS
The following C compilers are supported: gcc, Xlc, Sun, Borland, Metaware and MIPS C.