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This paper describes the realization of an execution tool for Modula-2 modules which is part of an integrated tool set in a software development environment termed IPSEN (Incremental Programming Support Environment). In this environment, all software documents, e.g. Modula-2 modules, are manipulated by syntax-directed editors and are represented internally by attributed graphs. The execution of Modula-2 modules is done by two cooperating interpreters. The first one is a graph interpreter which traverses the internal graph from statement to statement. These statements are translated into a low-level, more efficiently executable object code and interpreted by a second interpreter. This concept of a hybrid interpreter allows the realization of an execution tool which offers a lot of runtime support features to the user.
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Engels, G., Schürr, A. (1987). A hybrid interpreter in a software development environment. In: Nichols, H., Simpson, D. (eds) ESEC '87. ESEC 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 289. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022101
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