Vector extensions to LRLTRAN
Richard G. Zwakenberg · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 1975
The CDC STAR-100 brings a new concept in computing to LLL. The STAR is a string(vector) - oriented machine that is most efficient when it performs the same operations on sequentially stored operands. This approach to computer design opens up new areas of problem-solving techniques. Some algorithms that are long and cumbersome on other machines can be easily and efficiently programmed on the STAR computer. The vector extensions described in this paper represent an attempt to expand LRLTRAN (a dialect of FORTRAN) into a useful computer language for the STAR. The additions will enable an LRLTRAN-language compiler to produce vector code and hence allow the programmer to access, via LRLTRAN, the powerful STAR hardware instructions.