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Interpretive interface: resources and program representation in computer organization

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7141680
Traditional machine architectures are based on premises of slow memory access and fixed, low-level instruction interpretation. Improved memory technology and machine understanding allow new, more efficient program representations. A Canonic Interpretive Form (CIF) of higher-level-language programs is proposed to measure the ''minimum'' space to represent and time to interpret a given program. This ''ideal'' is a basis for a comparison with traditional machine languages which require ten times more program space than the CIF. Synthesis of program forms (called Directly Executed Languages--DELs) which approach CIF measures is proposed as well as results of a recently completed FORTRAN DEL (DELTRAN). 4 figures, 7 tables.
Research Organization:
Stanford Univ., CA (USA)
OSTI ID:
7141680
Report Number(s):
SU-326-P.39-21; CONF-770413-5
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English