From UNCOL to ANDF: Progress in Standard Intermediate Languages
Stavros Macrakis · 2015
ANDF is an architectureand languageneutral distribution format resembling a compiler intermediate language. Architectureand languageneutral intermediate languages were first discussed in the UNCOL project of 1958-1962. UNCOL was never fully defined nor implemented. This paper takes a look at the history of UNCOL and shows why ANDF can succeed where UNCOL failed. The paper presupposes an understanding of comparative programming language semantics and implementation, and is addressed to programming language implementors.