JOSTRAN: AN INTERACTIVE JOSS DIALECT FOR WRITING AND DEBUGGING FORTRAN PROGRAMS,

Abstract

The document gives a description of JOSTRAN, a JOSS dialect that expedites the construction of FORTRAN programs. JOSS is an interactive, on-line computer system. JOSS-language programs are list-processed; i.e., each statement is interpreted at execution time. FORTRAN is the principal language for programming digital computers to perform numerical calculations. The JOSS language permits greater flexibility and subtlety, but FORTRAN can handle larger calculations. JOSTRAN, a specified FORTRAN-compatible dialect of JOSS, combines the advantages of both languages. It allows the user to exploit JOSS's interactive, list-processing facilities while writing and debugging a program, and facilitates the translation of the JOSTRAN program into FORTRAN.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0704568

Entities

People

  • D. C. Macneilage
  • W. R. Graham

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing Devices
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Construction
  • Debugging
  • Digital Computers
  • Language
  • Resilience
  • Translations

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science.