L-STAR: An Interactive, Symbolic Implementation System

Abstract

L-star is a system for building software systems. The design of L- star stresses features not found in many other implementation languages or systems: it is interactive rather than compiler based, it has a symbol manipulation language embedded in it, it is highly extensible, and it allows for total accessibility to both the underlying hardware and the L-star system itself. This paper describes the design philosophy of L-star, the mechanisms used to implement it, the experiences had in using it, and some unresolved issues it still presents.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 03, 1977
Accession Number
ADA050119

Entities

People

  • A. Newell
  • D. Mccracken
  • G. Robertson

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Automated Speech Recognition
  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Debugging
  • Grammars
  • High Level Languages
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Machine Languages
  • Notation
  • Operating Systems
  • Production
  • Programming Languages
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

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  • Systems Analysis and Design
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