Simulation Higher Order Language Requirements Study.

Abstract

This report defines high order language requirements for programming flight training simulators. These requirements were determined by analyzing programs written for a variety of simulators. Examples drawn from these programs are used to justify the need for certain HOL capabilities. A detailed specification of simulator HOL requirements is given, following the general structure and organization of the IRONMAN requirements for the DoD Common Language effort. PL/I, FORTRAN, JOVIAL J3B, JOVIAL J731, and PASCAL are analyzed to see how well each language satisfies the simulator HOL requirements. Although PL/I and JOVIAL J3B were found to be best suited for simulator programming, only FORTRAN was clearly the least suitable language. Since all the languages failed to satisfy some simulator requirements, modifications to each language were specified that would make them more useful as simulator programming languages. This analysis of recommended modifications indicated that PL/I was the most easily modified language.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA058994

Entities

People

  • Christine L. Braun
  • John B. Goodenough

Organizations

  • SofTech, Inc.

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Assembly Languages
  • Central Processing Units
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Debugging
  • Department Of Defense
  • Flight Simulators
  • Flight Training
  • Host Computers
  • Object Code
  • Programming Languages
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Two Dimensional

Readers

  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Software Engineering.