{"title":"Structure and generation of computer languages","authors":"C. Mally","doi":"10.1109/ICCL.1988.13043","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The concept of how computer languages can be developed from one origin is presented, along with the mathematical background for such a formulation. Computer language design is described as a two-dimensional process: first, a mathematical description of the process is formulated; later, it is the basis of its language development. The mathematical description is developed into still more detailed form as more information becomes available, and it is then put on a tree, where the problem developed is presented. Nodes of the tree represent different processing steps. Existing languages branch out on different levels of this tree: imperative, functional, logical and extendable. Such a systematic approach can significantly improve the overall presentation of the problem and design of computer languages by removing unnecessary repetitions and pointing out directions for development.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":219766,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings. 1988 International Conference on Computer Languages","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1988-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings. 1988 International Conference on Computer Languages","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCL.1988.13043","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The concept of how computer languages can be developed from one origin is presented, along with the mathematical background for such a formulation. Computer language design is described as a two-dimensional process: first, a mathematical description of the process is formulated; later, it is the basis of its language development. The mathematical description is developed into still more detailed form as more information becomes available, and it is then put on a tree, where the problem developed is presented. Nodes of the tree represent different processing steps. Existing languages branch out on different levels of this tree: imperative, functional, logical and extendable. Such a systematic approach can significantly improve the overall presentation of the problem and design of computer languages by removing unnecessary repetitions and pointing out directions for development.<>