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This paper introduces a new high level programming language for a novel class of computational devices namely data-procedural machines. These machines are by up to several orders of magnitude more efficient than the von Neumann paradigm of computers and are as flexible and as universal as computers. Their efficiency and flexibility is achieved by using field-programmable logic as the essential technology platform. The paper briefly summarizes and illustrates the essential new features of this language by means of two example programs.
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Ast, A., Becker, J., Hartenstein, R.W., Kress, R., Reinig, H., Schmidt, K. (1994). Data-procedural languages for FPL-based machines. In: Hartenstein, R.W., Servít, M.Z. (eds) Field-Programmable Logic Architectures, Synthesis and Applications. FPL 1994. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 849. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58419-6_89
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