Gumnut Specification and Report

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Abstract:

Gumnut is a part of MultiView, an integrated programming environment. By means of a number of tools operating possible concurrently, over a distributed workstation network, MultiView supports the development of software in a growing number of programming languages. Gumnut and its associated meta- language or language to describe a language is the tool which allows MultiView to be extended for a new programming language. This paper gives the specification of the Gumnut translator, a syntax driven tool used in conjunction with the MultiView integrated programming environment. In chapter 2 we discuss the fundamentals of Abstract Syntax on which the meta-language used by Gumnut is based. In Chapter 3 the meta-language is specified. Chapter 4 specifies the Gumnut translation processing, while Chapter 5 specifies the output, by the use of small example. In Chapter 6 we report on Scanners developed for the Ada programming language. Chapter 7 proposes extensions to the Gumnut translator and appendices give an example, a complete Backus-Naur Form BNF definition of the meta-language, and a list of input scanners implemented at the time of writing. Keywords Australia.

Author(s):
Altmann, Richard A. ; Fitzgerald, Michael A. ; Keays, Peter S.
Author Organization(s):
ELECTRONICS RESEARCH LAB ADELAIDE (AUSTRALIA)
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.
Pagination:
0051

Security Markings

DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ERL-0512-TR, DODA-AR-006-402
Monitor Series:
AR-006-402
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_1.2.3_Educating; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_6.2.1_Information Sharing; JCA_6.2.2_Computing Services; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.2_Personnel Management; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_6.2_Enterprise Services; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Communities of Interest:
Advanced Electronics
Descriptor(s):
*TRANSLATORS, *PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES, NETWORKS, DISTRIBUTION, SPECIFICATIONS, TOOLS, PROCESSING, COMPUTER PROGRAMMING, REPORTS, ABSTRACTS, TIME, TRANSLATIONS, WORK, AUSTRALIA, WRITING, ADA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, SYNTAX, SCANNERS, STATIONS, INTEGRATED SYSTEMS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Computer Programming and Software
Keyword(s):
GUMNUT PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE, FOREIGN REPORTS
Report Date:
1990 May 01