TOMAL: A Task-Oriented Microprocessor Applications Language

The advent of the microprocessor to replace special purpose digital hardware in process control applications can result in greatly reduced hardware costs. However, in taking advantage of the modularity and reliability of programmable microprocessor chips, much of the burden of tailoring a control device to its application falls on the software. Because of the relatively primitive instruction set of the typical microprocessor, the cost and difficulty of software development can be troublesome if programming is done in machine language or with an assembler. These reasons provided motivation for the design of a higher level language for microprocessors.