The Treatment of Data Types in EL1

Abstract

In constructing a general purpose programming language, a key issue is providing a sufficient set of data types and associated operations in a manner that permits both natural problem-oriented notation and very efficient implementation. The language EL1 contains a number of features specifically designed to simultaneously satisfy both requirements. The resulting treatment of data types includes provision for programmer-defined data types and generic routines, programmer control over type conversion, and very flexible data type behavior, in a context that allows efficient compiled code and very compact data representation.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0736414

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