TOMAL-a high-level programming language for microprocessor process control applications

Authors:
R. B. Kieburtz;J. L. Hennessy
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook;Department of Computer Science, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Venue:
SIGMINI '76 Proceedings of the ACM SIGMINI/SIGPLAN interface meeting on Programming systems in the small processor environment
Year:
1976

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Abstract

This paper describes the multi-tasking capabilities of a new microprocessor programming language that has been designed to support process control applications. A program in TOMAL is a collection of tasks, priority ordered, and possibly having real-time response constraints and internal synchronization statements. It also supports device-independent I/O programming, by allowing the characteristics of each external device to be given in a declaration. A TOMAL source program is translated into space-optimized, absolute code for a target microprocessor. The object program runs under the control of a compact, application-tailored Task Control Monitor that is also generated by the compiler. The paper discusses design philosophy and several important requirements of an implementation to achieve multi-tasking capabilities.