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On a transportable high level language for minicomputers

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This paper describes a high-level, PASCAL-based language, which is easily implementable on minicomputers with limited amounts of memory. The added features include a machine and operating system—independent formalism for describing file structures, and allow either compile time or run-time specification of the actual-formal file correspondence. A similar formalism for handling program overlays is described. These constructs are implemented in a manner consistent with the underlying language PASCAL, and allow one to easily write operating systems components.

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  1. 1 Wirth, N., "The Programming Language Pascal," Acta Informatica 1, 1971, pp. 35-63.Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  2. 2 Wirth, N., "The Programming Language Pascal (Revised Report)," Berichte der Fachgruppe Computer-Wissenschaften Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich, 1972.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

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          cover image ACM SIGPLAN Notices
          ACM SIGPLAN Notices  Volume 11, Issue 4
          April 1976
          157 pages
          ISSN:0362-1340
          EISSN:1558-1160
          DOI:10.1145/872740
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            SIGMINI '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGMINI/SIGPLAN interface meeting on Programming systems in the small processor environment
            March 1976
            165 pages
            ISBN:9781450378949
            DOI:10.1145/800236

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