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Genotype is a universal programming language that has two primitive objects: arrays and functions. Two types of functions are distinguished: univalent and multivalent. They correspond to univalent (one-dimensional) and multivalent (many-dimensional) arrays. Arrays are viewed as invariants of transformations of data. Genotype is universal, being a language that describes invariants of transformations of data. Genotype is a pure functional language as it has no imperative features and side effects. Genotype is an intrinsically parallel language: arrays permit the manipulation of multiple large groups of data as a single unit.
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Shaumyan, S. (1991). Genotype—A Pure Functional Array Language. In: Mullin, L.M.R., Jenkins, M., Hains, G., Bernecky, R., Gao, G. (eds) Arrays, Functional Languages, and Parallel Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4002-1_13
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