{"title":"Towards a microprogramming language schema","authors":"S. Dasgupta","doi":"10.1145/1014198.804324","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"A <underline>microprogramming language schema</underline> S denotes a language whose semantics is partially defined. A particular language S(M<subscrpt>1</subscrpt>), corresponding to some specific microprogrammable host machine M<subscrpt>1</subscrpt>, is obtained when S's semantics is completed using the properties of M<subscrpt>1</subscrpt>. In this paper, the design of a PASCAL-influenced language schema S* is developed. The principal characteristics of S* are facilities for constructing well-structured, verifiable microprograms that can either be optimized at the source program level or can be subject to mechanical (compiler) optimization.","PeriodicalId":336739,"journal":{"name":"MICRO 11","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1978-11-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"31","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"MICRO 11","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1014198.804324","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A microprogramming language schema S denotes a language whose semantics is partially defined. A particular language S(M1), corresponding to some specific microprogrammable host machine M1, is obtained when S's semantics is completed using the properties of M1. In this paper, the design of a PASCAL-influenced language schema S* is developed. The principal characteristics of S* are facilities for constructing well-structured, verifiable microprograms that can either be optimized at the source program level or can be subject to mechanical (compiler) optimization.