Design of an aerospace computer for direct HOL execution
William C. Nielsen · 1973
This paper presents an overview of a study, performed during 1971 and 1972, to design a computer architecture capable of executing a higher-order aerospace programming language directly—without the aid of a compiler or interpreter. The prime motivation for developing such a machine is to reduce system costs, for while hardware logic is becoming much cheaper, software is consuming a greater proportion of total system costs. A tremendous potential savings can be obtained by designing computer hardware that is oriented to aiding the programmer rather than to simplifying the computer designer's job.