Title :
A high level descriptive language for the automatic generation of Fortran and Pascal code
Author :
Makki, Amer Z. ; Alexander, Charles K., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
The authors show that if a given software end product is developed in accordance with the principles of strongly typed data constructs and structured programming, then the translation of such a software system into other languages can be fully automated. For this purpose, an interactive computer-aided programming environment (CAPE) that supports a strongly typed, structured graphical descriptive language named CAPE was developed. Using this package, translation of CAPE programs to Fortran and Pascal languages is fully automatic. Furthermore, software development using this package enhances and simplifies programmer design methods and produces syntactically error-free Fortran and Pascal code.<>
Keywords :
computer graphics; high level languages; programming environments; software packages; CAPE; FORTRAN; Fortran code; Pascal code; graphical descriptive language; high level descriptive language; interactive computer-aided programming environment; program interpreters; software development; Automatic programming; Computer errors; Design methodology; Dictionaries; Libraries; Packaging; Programming environments; Programming profession; Software packages; Software systems;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1988., Proceedings of the Twentieth Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Charlotte, NC, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0847-1
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1988.17014