OCR Exam Reference Language Interpreter
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Last edit: 27 February 2024
Resource Type Teaching Resources, Example Programs and Live Lessons
Curriculum Topic Programming
English Key Stage 14-16 years (KS4), 16-18 Years (KS5)
Awarding Bodies OCR
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John Williams actively maintains this online interpreter for J277's OCR Exam Reference Langauge.
The spec for this is available here: https://www.ocr.org.uk/Images/558027-specification-gcse-computer-science-j277.pdf
He's written a review of how it works here: OCR reference language interpreter – John likes to code
I've used it for some simple programs, and to show off a few differences between Python and ERL. It has a number of constructs you won't find in Python - for example Consts, Do/Until.