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An analysis of Pascal programs in compiler writing
Author(s) -
Shimasaki Masaaki,
Fukaya Shigeru,
Ikeda Katsuo,
Kiyono Takeshi
Publication year - 1980
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.4380100206
Subject(s) - pascal (unit) , compiler , programming language , computer science , theoretical computer science
A method and results of static and dynamic analysis of Pascal programs are described. In order to investigate characteristics of large systems programs developed by the stepwise refinement programming approach and written in Pascal, several Pascal compilers written in Pascal were analysed from both static and dynamic points of view. As a main conclusion, procedures play an important role in the stepwise refinement approach and implementors of a compiler and designers of high level language machines for Pascal‐like languages should pay careful attention to this point. The set data structure is one of the characteristics of the Pascal language and statistics of set operations are also described.