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The intermediate code produced by the
Pascal-P compiler.
Assembly language for a hypothetical stack machine, the
P-machine, said to have been an imitation of the instruction
set for the Burroughs Large System. The term was first used
in Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, N. Wirth, P-H
1976. Byte articles on writing a Pascal Compiler in Northstar
BASIC (ca Aug 1978) also used the term. Later used in Apple
Pascal, and as the intermediate language in the UCSD P-system.
Variants: P2 P-code, P4 P-code, UCSD P-code, LASL P-code.
Address: USUS, Box 1148, La Jolla, CA 92038, USA.
["A Comparison of PASCAL Intermediate Languages", P.A. Nelson,
SIGPLAN Notices 14(8):208-213 (Aug 1979)].
(1995-10-15)