Algorithm Primitives

Since the computing agent is to be a computer, the following primitives generally associated with a computer will be used:
  1. Input and Output operations (ie. Input the number of data values into variable N)
  2. Symbolic expressions (ie. a+b*c )
  3. Setting the value for a symbol (ie. set the value of i to 1)
  4. Conditional execution of steps (ie. if ... then ... else ... )
  5. Repeatative execution of steps (ie. while ... do ... or repeat until ...)
  6. Subscripted symbols generally used in loops where each subscripted item is computed simalarly for each interation. (ie. )