HOL Evaluation for Missile Software Applications.

Abstract

The authors conclude that, for significant software projects such as missile systems, use of an HOL is justified by life-cycle savings in spite of the initial one-time costs. Based upon the requirements obtained by modifying the DOD-1 IRONMAN specification, the five candidate languages were evaluated; the compilers for these languages were also evaluated. If a new compiler is developed, tailored to the needs of missile systems, J73 appears to be the better language. Compiler costs are not affected substantially by the choice of language. The existing J73 compiler offers a better base and at least as economic an approach for rehosting and retargeting as any other candidate compiler.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 08, 1977
Accession Number
ADA055382

Entities

People

  • D. R. Griffin
  • J. W. Crenshaw
  • K. D. Dannenberg
  • R. Palmer

Organizations

  • Computer Sciences Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Assembly Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Guidance
  • Language
  • Maintenance Costs
  • Navigation
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Programming Languages
  • Software Development

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Missile Defense Systems.