An Introduction to Amblit/L, a Diagrammatic Language for List Processing

摘要

AMBIT/L is a list-processing programming system. It integrates the general use of recursive functions with a pattern-matching style of programming. Two-dimensional directed-graph diagrams are used to represent the data, and similar diagrams appear throughout the program as the 'patterns' of rules. The system has a simple core, but extends out to accomodate the always complicated requirements of input-output, traps and interrupts, and storage management; it is a large system. The PDP-10 implementation of AMBIT/L is described in this paper. (Author)