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Design and implementation of modula
Author(s) -
Wirth N.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.4380070104
Subject(s) - computer science , computer multitasking , programming language , mechanism (biology) , high level programming language , operating system , software engineering , programming paradigm , philosophy , epistemology
This paper gives an account of some design decisions made during the development of the programming language Modula. It explains the essential characteristics of its implementation on the PDP‐11 computer, in particular its run‐time administration of processes and the mechanism of signalling. The paper ends with some comments on the suitability of the PDP‐11 for this high‐level multiprogramming language.