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Program execution in the SYMBOL 2R computer

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The direct hardware implementation of the SYMBOL Programming Language (SPL) is highly dependent on an unusually powerful Central Processor(CP). This paper describes the principal features of the CP's operations in executing SPL programs.

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                cover image ACM SIGPLAN Notices
                ACM SIGPLAN Notices  Volume 8, Issue 11
                Proceedings of a symposium on high-level-language computer architecture
                November 1973
                178 pages
                ISSN:0362-1340
                EISSN:1558-1160
                DOI:10.1145/953171
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                • cover image ACM Conferences
                  HLLCA '73: Proceedings of the ACM-IEEE symposium on High-level-language computer architecture
                  November 1973
                  182 pages
                  ISBN:9781450374262
                  DOI:10.1145/800121

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