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The Computer Journal 1986 29(3):246-252; doi:10.1093/comjnl/29.3.246
© 1986 by British Computer Society
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Translating Pascal for Execution on a Prolog-based System

M. H. Williams * and G. Chen

Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, 79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HJ, UK

One of the objectives of the Japanese Fifth Generation Computer Project is to develop computer systems whose kernel languages are based on logic programming rather than on the conventional imperative languages which have been in general use until now. This has led to conjecture about the problem of the large base of existing software which is implemented in imperative languages. To this end a study has been conducted into the possibility of translating programs written in Pascal-S into Prolog. Because of the radically different control and data structures in these two languages, the translation process is not straightforward. The problems associated with this process are discussed and its performance assessed.

Received October 1984.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.

§ Department of Computer Science, Heriot-Watt University, 79 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HJ


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