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A base for a mobile programming system

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Richard J. Orgass,

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 12, Issue 9

Pages 507 - 510

https://doi.org/10.1145/363219.363226

Published: 01 September 1969 Publication History

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An algorithm for a macro processor which has been used as the base of an implementation, by bootstrapping, of processors for programming languages is described. This algorithm can be easily implemented on contemporary computing machines. Experience with programming languages whose implementation is based on this algorithm indicates that such a language can be transferred to a new machine in less than one man-week without using the old machine.

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A base for a mobile programming system
1. Networks
  1. Network architectures
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Operating systems

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Communications of the ACM Volume 12, Issue 9

Sept. 1969

51 pages

ISSN:0001-0782

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DOI:10.1145/363219

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