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Management of block‐structured programs
Author(s) -
Marsland T. A.
Publication year - 1985
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.4380150709
Subject(s) - pascal (unit) , computer science , programming language , directory , compiler , block (permutation group theory) , operating system , mathematics , geometry
Abstract Experience with a technique for compiling subsets of the procedural elements of AlgolW programs is described. The method does not require modifications to the compiler, but does presume the existence of a random access file system. Complete management of the user's source and object files is provided by supplementary directory and environment files. Because of its nature, the basic method should be equally applicable to other block‐structured languages, such as Pascal, which also require recompilation of the whole program whenever a small change is made.