Towards a microprogramming language schema

  • Authors:
  • Subrata Dasgupta

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • MICRO 11 Proceedings of the 11th annual workshop on Microprogramming
  • Year:
  • 1978

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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.