JOVIAL Lives! Official Home Page of the USAF JOVIAL Program Office Overview: The JOVIAL language was specifically developed for embedded military avionics systems. One of the most commonly used processors is the MIL-STD-1750A 16-bit computer. The Integrated Tool Set (ITS) is a set of software support tools used for development and maintenance of MIL-STD-1750A targeted applications. The ITS is ...

JOVIAL language (Jule's Own Version of IAL) A version of IAL produced by Jules I. Schwartz in 1959-1960. JOVIAL was based on ALGOL 58, with extensions for large scale real-time programming. It saw extensive use by the US Air Force. The data elements were items, entries (records) and tables. Versions include JOVIAL I (IBM 709, 1960), JOVIAL II (IBM 7090, 1961) and JOVIAL 3 (1965). Dialects: J3, ...