On the translation of machine language programs
R. Stockton Gaines · Communications of the ACM · 1965
ProgramsAutomatic translation of machine language programs is :becoming a highly desirable goal with the advent of new largescale computers.The pitfalls that make it difficult to achieve completely automatic translations are analyzed, and it is shown that these are primarily of a semantic nature.A semiautomatic procedure for resolving semantic problems is suggested. introduetionBoth the dosh'ability (:ff Iranslath:g ma{'hino l;mguago pt'ogr::ms into ()tlt(::]' n::tchhle lattgu~cg(> a::d tho (]][lh'u{iy ot + tb itl 'l, his direot]oi: h:1~e been :cepoPtod [I, 2]~ :lind uoi{her {ff tl:ose w:vs {'arrio(t to comt)lotio::.Tl:ough t)oop/o h::v{~ bee1[ superficiMly aware (}f the lu'ot)Ic':ns it:volvod in ~u('h transhttio]:, t}:e exa0t ]t:tttLi'{.: of tho. tal:)le soh.