Rapira (Рапира) – Soviet programming language interpreter

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Rapira is a programming language interpreter developed in the Soviet Union, with a GitHub repository containing its source code and documentation.

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The discovery of Rapira highlights the historical significance of Soviet contributions to computer science and programming languages.

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Rapira (Рапира) – Soviet programming language interpreter

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