The astro system
Irving B. Elliott · ACM SIGPLAN Notices · 1987
a n g u a g e p r o g r a m s are c o n v e r t e d and linked into e q u i v a l e n t p r o g a m s e x p r e s s e d in a l i m i t e d i n s t r u c t i o n set of o n l y eight i n s t r u c t i o n s .(2) L i n k e d p r o g r a m s are e x e c u t e d from a file or from m e m o r y byan " e x e c u t o r " p r o g r a m that e m u l a t e s a v a r i a b l e -w i d t h stack p r o c e s s i n g machine.(3) The c o m p i l e r , linker, and e x e c u t o r are coded in a s t a n d a r d h i g h e r -o r d e r l a n g u a g e , such that the e n t i