Design and Implementation of Programming Languages: Proceedings of a DoD Sponsored Workshop, Ithaca, October 1976 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

J. H. Williams, D. A. Fisher

ISBN 10: 354008360X / ISBN 13: 9783540083603

Published by Springer 2008-06-13, 2008

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• Title: Design and Implementation of Programming Languages: Proceedings of a DoD Sponsored Workshop, Ithaca, October 1976 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
• Publisher: Springer 2008-06-13
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 354008360X
• ISBN 13: 9783540083603
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Section I the common programming language effort of the department of defense.- Section II data types.- Section III parallel processing, machine dependency and program verification.- Section IV programming language specifications, optimization and run-time support systems.- A note on "pointers".- Some issues in data types and type checking.- Models of data objects and data types.- Encapsulated data types and generic procedures.- Run-time checking of data access in pascal-like languages.- A language design for structured concurrency.- Language features for parallel processing and resource control.- Separate definition and compilation in lis and its implementation.- Requirements for real-time languages.- Remarks on the impact of program verification on language design.- Target computer independent optimization procedures for metacompilers.- The need for optimization standards.- A reminder for language designers.- The tinman and communications applications.- Programming language design issues.- Parallel processing and modular software construction.- After-dinner speech.- Tinman needed characteristics.