On implementing separate compilation in block-structured languages

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On implementing separate compilation in block-structured languages

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Symposium on Compiler Construction archive
Proceedings of the 1979 SIGPLAN symposium on Compiler construction table of contents

Denver, Colorado, United States

Pages: 139 - 143

Year of Publication: 1979

ISBN:0-89791-002-8

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Richard J. LeBlanc	School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology
Charles N. Fischer	Computer Sciences Department, University of Wisconsin - Madison

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SIGPLAN: ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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ABSTRACT

Perhaps the single most important paradigm of modern programming language design is block structure. Block-structured languages are characterized by nested definitional units (ALGOL blocks, PASCAL procedures, Euclid modules) having rather specialized scoping rules. In particular, access to entities defined in containing units is allowed (although sometimes with restrictions) while access to entities defined within a unit from outside it is severely restricted or totally forbidden. This method of programming language structuring supports a top-down program development methodology: the body of a definition unit can be developed (or modified) without affecting other units (since its internal details are “hidden” from the outside). Such units (most notably procedures) become the natural units of program development and modification.

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