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- Monday, November 14, 1983.
Prof. J. Field of Electrical Engineering Department of
the University of Waterloo will speak on ``High Level
Language Machines''.
TIME: 3:30 PM
ROOM: MC 5158
ABSTRACT
A high level language machine ``executes'' the source
program as written. It does not require a compiler,
linker, loader etc. The advantages of such a machine
are (1) elimination of much system software develop-
ment, (2) increased performance due to eliminating the
compilation step and (3) source language debugging.
The problems are (1) managing the association between
symbolic names and actual data and (2) efficient flow
control handling. The approach being investigated is
the use of a three stage machine that performs succes-
sive transformations on the source program. The appli-
cation to Pascal will be described.
November 10, 1983