Aerospace HOL Computer. Volume I. Summary.

Abstract

This volume summarizes a study whose principal objective was the design of a computer architecture to execute a higher order aerospace programming language directly, without the use of a compiler or interpreter. Background is presented on direct execution and its rationale for aerospace programming, which is principally to reduce total system costs. An analysis is given of the language-related tradeoffs involved in implementing a direct execution architecture, and preprocessor tradeoffs are also presented. Highlights of a functional design of an architecture and preprocessor for a subset of Space Programming Language/Mark IV are presented, including the approach of using transduction equations. Recommendations are made for further design refinement based on the results of a hardware evaluation of the design developed in this work against a conventional aerospace computer programmed both in assembly language and in a compiler-implemented higher order language. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0905271

Entities

People

  • William C. Nielsen

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Assembly Languages
  • Compilers
  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Equations
  • Formal Languages
  • Language
  • Programming Languages

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computer Science.
  • Software Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Space