BIB-VERSION:: CS-TR-v2.0
          ID:: STAN//CS-TR-80-792
       ENTRY:: June 08, 1995
ORGANIZATION:: Stanford University, Department of Computer Science
       TITLE:: MAINSAIL implementation overview
        TYPE:: Technical Report
      AUTHOR:: Wilcox, Clark R.
      AUTHOR:: Dageforde, Mary L.
      AUTHOR:: Jirak, Gregory A.
        DATE:: March 1980
       PAGES:: 80
    ABSTRACT:: The MAINSAIL programming language and the supporting
               implementations have been developed over the past five years
               as an integrated approach to a viable machine-independent
               system suitable for the development of large, portable
               programs. Particular emphasis has been placed on minimizing
               the effort involved in moving the system to a new machine
               and/or operating system. For this reason, almost all of the
               compiler and runtime support is written in MAINSAIL, and is
               utilized in each implementation without alteration. This use
               of a high-level language to support its own implementation
               has proved to be a significant advantage in terms of
               documentation and maintenance, without unduly affecting the
               execution speed. This paper gives an overview of the compiler
               and runtime implementation strategies, and indicates what an
               implementation requires for the machine-dependent and
               operating-system-dependent parts.
       NOTES:: [Adminitrivia V1/Prg/19950608]
         END:: STAN//CS-TR-80-792