SBIR/STTR Research Award
HIGH EFFICIENCY ADA COMPILER
Award amount
$49,963Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1990Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- SYNETICS, INC.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
THIS PROJECT WILL INVESTIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF DEVELOPING AN ADA COMPILER WHOSE OBJECT CODE IS BASED ON THE FORTH PROGRAMMING SYSTEM. THE PRINCIPAL ELEMENTS OF THE RUN-TIME SYSTEM WOULD INCLUDE THE USE OF THREADED CODE, A DUAL-STACK ARCHITECTURE, AND A TIGHTLY-COUPLED SET OF OPERATORS TO PERFORM BOTH SYSTEM AND APPLICATION FUNCTIONS. SUCH A COMPILER WOULD BE CAPABLE OF SUPPORTING EMBEDDED SYSTEMS WITH USEFUL CAPABILITY BY GENERATING SMALL, EFFICIENT EXECUTABLE IMAGES IN THE RANGE OF 16-64 KILOBYTES FOR THE COMPLETE SOFTWARE SYSTEM. MOREOVER, THE COMPILER WOULD BE EASILY ADAPTED TO GENERATE CODE FOR A NUMBER OF 8-16BIT MICROPROCESSORS.
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