Zed: A Very Modest Implementation Language
Richard C. Holt · INFOR Information Systems and Operational Research · 1976
The language called Zed has been designed as a very modest software implementation language. It has a simple, but convenient and readable syntax. Its semantics are straightforward, and a Zed compiler can be written easily in Zed. Zed has an interpreter that allows easy portability and a precise definition of semantics. Experimental compilers for Zed have been implemented for the Digital Equipment PDP-11, the IBM 360/370, and the Data General Nova computers. The Zed language is particularly appropriate for teaching about compilers, and about the relationship between high and low level languages. It may serve as a model for high level implementation languages for use on minicomputers and microcomputers.