Scratchpad I A general-purpose language originally for interactive {symbolic mathematics} by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of {IBM Research}, ca 1971. It features abstract parametrised data types, {multiple inheritance} and {polymorphism}. There were implementations for {VM/CMS} and {AIX}. ["Scratchpad User's Manual", RA 70, IBM (June 1975)]. (1994-12-15)