Accession Number:

ADA051702

Title:

The Structure of Directly Executed Languages: A New Theory of Interpretive System Design.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.,

Corporate Author:

STANFORD UNIV CALIF STANFORD ELECTRONICS LABS

Personal Author(s):

• Hoevel,Lee W.
• Flynn,Michael J.

Report Date:

1977-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

92.0

Abstract:

This paper concerns two important issues in the design of optimal languages for direct execution in an interpretive system binding the operand identifiers in an executable instruction unit to the arguments of the routine implementing the operator defined by that instruction and binding operand identifiers to execution variables. These issues are central to the performance of a system, both in space and time.

Descriptors:

• *PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
• *COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• OPTIMIZATION
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• SEMANTICS
• INPUT OUTPUT PROCESSING
• FORMATS
• IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
• INDEXES
• HIERARCHIES
• ADDRESSING

Subject Categories:

• Computer Programming and Software
• Computer Hardware

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE