META COMPILER FOR VERY HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE IN BATTLE MANAGEMENT

ANY VERY HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGE (VHLL) FOR STRATEGIC DEFENSE REQUIRES A COMPILER. NEW META COMPILERS USING ADVANCED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS ARE BEING STUDIED SO THAT EVENTUAL VHLL APPLICATION SOFTWARE CAN BE EFFECTIVELY PORTED TO THE SEVERAL GROUND-BASED/SATELLITE-BASED MACHINES. TO DO SO REQUIRES A META COMPILER THAT CAN COMPILE CODE TO DIVERSE ARCHITECTURES. RESEARCH WITH META COMPILERS DEMONSTRATES THATSUCH AN APPROACH IS FLEXIBLE ENOUGH FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OFEXTREMELY LARGE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS FOR STRATEGIC DEFENSE MISSIONS. ENHANCEMENTS ARE BEING DETERMINED TO META COMPILER THEORY IN SUPPORTING VHLLS. SUCH DEVELOPMENTS WOULD ADD IMPETUS TO MANY POTENTIAL VHLL APPLICATIONS IN SOFTWARE. IF THE INITIAL EFFORT ADDS PROOF-OF-CONCEPT MOMENTUM TO THESE PROMISING IDEAS, THERE IS A BROAD COMMERCIAL MARKET IN BOTH LARGE SCALE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND HARDWARE SYSTEMS.