John Slimick
Abstract
One user's experience with five current systems implementation languages is outlined stressing virtues and vices of each; the five are: FORTRAN, PASS, GOGOL, XPL, and PL360. Some criteria for future systems implementation languages are suggested; the most crucial features of a systems implementation language are (1) access to the “real” machine, (2) compatibility with existing software, (3) linguistic structure, and (4) predictability of code generator and storage management.
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