An experimental syntax-directed data structure language

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An analysis of AMOS (Associative Memory Organizing System), a syntax-directed compiler to define languages for constructing a variety of data organizations of which Fortran-like arrays and IPL-like list structures are special cases. AMOS provides a flexible means to structure data and to experiment with the syntactic forms of program statements while lessening implementation difficulties. The Paper explores the use of syntactic descriptions which are not Backus Normal Form grammars and provides means for defining both linear and two-dimensional languages. 53 pp. Bibliog.

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  • Year: 1965
  • Pages: 53
  • Document Number: P-3112

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