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{{Short description|Computer programming language}}
'''MOL-360''' is a mid-level systems programming language for the [[Company:IBM|IBM]] System/360 family of computers based on [[Astronomy:Algol|Algol]].<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Rubinoff|editor-first=Morris|title=Advances in Computers|year=1972|publisher=Academic Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vg_QRDVR7hgC&dq=%22MOL-360%22+language&pg=PR6|isbn=9780080566443}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sammet|first=Jean|title=Brief Survey of Languages Used for Systems Implementation|journal=ACM SIGPLAN Notices|date=October 1971|volume=6|issue=9|pages=1–19|doi=10.1145/942596.807055|doi-access=free}}</ref>

The only [[Data structure|data structure]] supported by the language is [[Array data structure|arrays]]. It has no support for floating point data, but allows direct access to [[Processor register|processor register]]s and [[Inline assembler|inline assembly language]].

MOL-360 was used by System Development Corporation (SDC) to develop the ADEPT [[Time-sharing|time-sharing]] system.<ref>{{cite book|last=System Development Corporation|title=Technical Memorandum TM-3628/002/00|year=1968|url=http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/680248.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201155315/http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/680248.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2014}}</ref>

A similar language, '''MOL940''', was written for the [[Engineering:SDS 940|SDS 940]] computer system.

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[[Category:Systems programming languages]]
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