[net.lang] AHPL

beech@ukecc.UUCP (Wayne Beech) (09/01/86)

Hello,

Does anyone have any information on the language AHPL.  I am particularly
interested in a precise definition of the language.  I am having trouble
locating one.

                                       Thank you,
                                       Wayne

jnk@faron.UUCP (John N. Kemeny) (09/10/86)

In article <598@ukecc.UUCP> beech@ukecc.UUCP (Wayne Beech) writes:
>
>Does anyone have any information on the language AHPL.  I am particularly
>interested in a precise definition of the language.  I am having trouble
>locating one.
>

I believe AHPL was introduced as a teaching language in the book "Digital 
Systems: Hardware Organization and Design" by F.J. Hill and G.R. Peterson.
(Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1973.  ISBN 0-471-39605-2.)
It is based, of course, on Ken Iverson's _A_Programming_Language_, but only
a part of APL has application as hardware operations.  In addition, Hill and
Peterson add a few conventions and restrictions to APL in forming AHPL.  The
language may have been standardized by some committee later on (IEEE, NBS?).

chandras@hplabsb.UUCP (Mandalagiri Chandrasekhar) (09/23/86)

The following book contains a Chapter on AHPL.
Frederick Hill and Gerald Peterson, 
"Digital Systems: Hardware Organization and 
Design," John Wiley and Sons, 1978.

I hope it helps,

Chandra {hplabs!chandrasekhar....}