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Programming language design issues

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Design and Implementation of Programming Languages

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 54))

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In this paper we have proposed that the DoD Common Programming Language be thought of not just as a language but as the linguistic component of a rich collection of tools hosted by a program development system. We have further proposed that it is particularly important to view a program as existing at many levels. Our own experience in using two such program development systems is that these increase the overall programmer productivity quite significantly.

Given that one accepts this thesis, it is our concern that the impact of a system of tools on the language itself be considered very carefully before the language is finalized. There are many subtle interactions between the language and the tools developed to support it; the careful consideration of these interactions for present and future tools should have a high pay off in terms of making them simpler and more reliable.

September 10, 1976

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    T. E. Cheatham Jr.

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John H. Williams David A. Fisher

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Cheatham, T.E. (1977). Programming language design issues. In: Williams, J.H., Fisher, D.A. (eds) Design and Implementation of Programming Languages. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0021434

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