LAX2(ID:4385/lax002)

High level language
Related languages
LAX => LAX2   Evolution of
References:
  • Bage, Goran "Description of the High-Level Machine Language LAX2" TRITA-CS-7901 Department of Computer Systems ; Stockholm : Royal institute of technology, 1979 view details Abstract: This is the second report describing the high-level language machine LAX2.    

    It contains changes and corrections to the first report and describes aspects that were not treated or only outlined, mainly how to compile and create program values, instruction protection,  system start and transput (input/output). The transput system described is a simplified temporary one.

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    • Stack machines
      LAX2
      Taxonomy category: SS0
      Implementation: Microcoded interpreter on Varian V73
      Applications: Experimental
      Who and when: Group for Datalogical Research & Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, 1980
      References: Bage & Thorelli (1980)

      The LAX2 architecture was implemented as a partially microcoded interpreter with the goals of cost effective software production along with good memory and execution time economy for string manipulation and interactive applications. The architecture used tagged data types. Each process in the machine had a private memory area shared between the evaluation stack and a garbage-collected heap for temporary string storage.
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