Machine-independent computer programming
Machine-independent computer programming
Basic Hytran Simulation Language: BHSL
AFIPS '66 (Fall) Proceedings of the November 7-10, 1966, fall joint computer conference
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This paper presents an on-line, inter-active language system created specifically for scientists and engineers engaged in preparation, setup, control, and monitoring of hybrid computations. Through a special console or a generalized input/output device, the user is afforded immediate access to both a computational process (software), and computation equipment (hardware). The language combines a complete algebraic interpreter with an expandable command and control repertoire. Through the latter, the language system may be made to perform a variety of special tasks, peculiar to the user, the equipment, or the installation. The language is designed specifically to facilitate implementation of an interpretive processor on a small digital computer in a hybrid configuration. This does not mean to imply, however, that the design is in any way limited to small computers. Rather, the intrinsic expandability of the language makes it possible to have a single communication medium that is upwards compatible across the whole spectrum of computer capability. The use of this programming system provides the hybrid computer analyst with great on-line flexibility coupled with a substantial reduction in the bothersome detail normally associated with digital computer programming.