PAT, A LANGUAGE FOR PROGRAMMING AND MANCOMPUTER COMMUNICATION

Abstract

PAT is a computer language of the macro-assembly type. The program, which translates PAT into computer code, is designed to be used not only as a compiler of programs, but as a symbolic interface between a user and a computer. In this latter capacity, it can serve to interpret commands and accept command definitions for such programs as a text editor, on-line debugger, or simulated desk calculator. The language and the translator have been designed to allow the structure of the translator itself to be modified by certain definitions encountered during the translation process. The rules for defining symbols and referring to them have been organized to facilitate combining independently written programs into a single unit.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0617344

Entities

People

  • C. Wells
  • R. Silver

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Assembly Languages
  • Classification
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Debugging
  • Governments
  • Identification
  • Language
  • Procedures (Computers)
  • Programming Languages
  • Security
  • Specifications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Computer Science.