High level microprogramming: current usage, future prospects

High level microprogramming languages have been studied extensively, but no widely accepted HLML exists to date. We examine the classes of HLMLs, giving examples. We then give some reasons as to the current lack of an accepted HLML, and give some suggestions how to solve this problem. The existence of a HLML would allow work on higher level microprogramming and firware engineering to proceed more rapidly. A possible microprogramming environment, based on a HLML, is presented.