PS-algol: an algol with a persistent heap

  • Authors:
  • Malcolm Atkinson;Ken Chisholm;Paul Cockshott

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Edinburgh, Scotland;University of Edinburgh, Scotland;University of Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices
  • Year:
  • 1982

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Abstract

PS-algol is a dialect of algol for the programming of problems that would normally require a database management system. It supports a persistent heap, and an associative store; it has embedded within the language features to support tasks normally carried out by filing systems or database management systems.