UCS(ID:2419/ucs001)

Universal Compiler System 

for Universal Compiling System


References:
  • Gyllstrom et al, "The Universal Compiler System" view details Abstract: The Universal Compiling System (UCS) is a unified compiling system for a set of languages and architectures. The integrated implementation discipline of UCS results in reduced development and maintenance costs and increased reliability and efficiency. The key to the UCS design is the strict separation of the source language dependent processes from the architecture dependent processes. This is made possible through the use of an intermediate text and dictionary (symbol table) which is both language independent and architecture independent
          in SIGPLAN Notices 14(12) December 1979 view details
  • Soong, Norman L. "An overview of an organized industrial research and development activity for language and language processors" pp62-63 view details DOI Abstract: A collection of papers is presented in this issue of SIGPLAN Notices to offer to the reader a glimpse of the research and development environment for language and language processors by a computing machine manufacturer. The research and development activities are directed by colttpany policies and marketing strategies, therefore it represents a different viewpoint from these activities under a different environment, such as in the universities. This collection serves to present a view of orqanized language and language processor developments as marketina-driven activities. To keep this collection sufficiently interesting to SIGPLAN Notices readers, the activities involving standard language and language processor developments are not included, such as FORTRAN, COBOL activities.
    The size of a company plays a crucial role in this type of effort. If it is a large company, in both physical and budgetary sense, then it becomes unfair to consider its efforts as industry representative due to its unrealistically immense monetary power. On the other hand, if it is a small company, then its futuristic outlook of language and language processors may be conjectured at best as speculative. It has been said in the past that a company must amass certain critical mass, or critical budget size, before it becomes feasible to undertake meaningful research and development activities, however limited scope it is. The size of Univac is considered appropriate that a proper representation on the subject of language and language processor can be made and be considered.as an industrial representative effort.
    This collection is broken into four parts, characterizing the major research and development efforts for language and language processors at Sperry Univac. Each part consists of multiple papers written by its key development people. All the systems described here are available now or in the near future.
          in SIGPLAN Notices 14(12) December 1979 view details