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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1984
Filed:
May. 22, 1981
John K Ahlstrom, Mountain View, CA (US);
Brett Bachman, Boston, MA (US);
Richard A Belgard, Saratoga, CA (US);
David H Bernstein, Ashland, MA (US);
Richard G Bratt, Wayland, MA (US);
Ronald H Gruner, Cary, NC (US);
Thomas M Jones, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Lawrence H Katz, Oregon City, OR (US);
Craig J Mundie, Cary, NC (US);
Michael S Richmond, Pittsboro, NC (US);
Stephen I Schleimer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Steven J Wallach, Saratoga, CA (US);
Walter A Wallach, Jr, Raleigh, NC (US);
Douglas M Well, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Data General Corporation, Westboro, MA (US);
Abstract
The processor of the present invention executes procedures, which comprise S-language instructions and names. S-languages are of higher order than typical machine languages and can be tailored to user high-order languages. Each procedure includes a dialect code which the processor interprets, enabling it to execute any of a plurality of dialects of S-languages. The processor includes means for resolving names into operand logical addresses. The processor possosses multiple levels of microcode control means, each with its own set of stacks.