mcdaniel@uiuccsb.UUCP (02/17/84)
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uiuccsb!mcdaniel Feb 16 15:26:00 1984
Here at the University of Illinois (Urbanana-Champaign), we are
designing an implementation language for the kernel of the Cedar
multiprocessor. Perforce, I am stuck with figuring out what features
this language should have. Please assist me.
Define FDL to mean "FORTRAN-derived language"; i. e., ALGOL, FORTRAN,
COBOL, PL/I, BASIC, C, ADA, PASCAL, and any other of this type of
language that you can think of. (Imperative languages of the FORTRAN
persuasion, as it were.) Smalltalk, Prolog, et cetera, need not
apply.
Please ***MAIL TO ME*** your answers to/comments on
the following questions:
* What features do you like the most in all of the FDLs that you know?
* What MISfeatures do you DISlike the most in all of the FDLs that you
know?
I know that these are very general questions, and I don't want
dissertations. You can indicate broadly the (MIS)features: "strong
typing", "dangling else", et cetera. Also, indicate whether you like
the feature or not (e. g., some C people dislike strong typing).
I would like pointers to theses, books, articles, et cetera.
AGAIN, PLEASE MAIL ANY COMMENTS. I SWEAR TO DIGEST AND SUMMARIZE AND
POST RESULTS. IF YOU POST YOUR COMMENTS, IT'LL JUST BE USELESS
REDUNDANCY.
I believe that you can reach me at:
USENET: ...!{pur-ee|parsec}!uiucdcs!mcdaniel
CSNET: mcdaniel.uiuc@rand-relay (flaky, though)
Thank you.