A discussion of CDLI, a computer description language and associated design aid systems
C. V. Srinivasan · 1969
CDLI is a formal language for describing hardware and software computing systems in various stages of design. As a formal language to talk about systems of this kind, CDLI provides a linguistic basis to consider machine aided solutions to a variety of design problems. In the context of CDLI, we are envisioning at present systems for design documentation, data retrieval, editing, design analysis, simulation and eventually automatic synthesis. The creation of a powerful and flexible descriptive data base is the key conceptual and technical problem that we must solve to implement these systems. The features introduced in the description language, CDLI, and the kinds of processors that are being developed for the documentation system are intended as solutions for this problem. The system so created will give us a point of departure for further explorations in this area through experimentation.