A Common Programming Language for the Department of Defense--Background and Technical Requirements

Abstract

This paper presents the set of characteristics needed for a common programming language of embedded computer systems applications in the DoD. In addition, it describes the background, purpose, and organization of the DoD Common Programming Language efforts. It reviews the issues considered in developing the needed language characteristics, explains how certain trade-offs and potential conflicts were resolved, and discusses the criteria used to ensure that any language satisfying the criteria will be suitable for embedded computer applications, will not aggravate existing software problems, and will be suitable for standardization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA028297

Entities

People

  • D. A. Fisher

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Application Software
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Program Documentation
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Engineering
  • Language
  • Object Code
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development
  • Software Development Tools
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Software Engineering.