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Two implementations of the 'FLEX' machine

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The FLEX high-level language architecture is introduced. Two microprogrammed implementations of FLEX are described, one based on a special purpose, horizontally coded machine and the other on a general purpose emulator called GEMINI. Examples and statistics of both microprograms are given and the two implementations compared.

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            cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
            ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 12, Issue 4
            Dec. 1981
            187 pages
            ISSN:1050-916X
            DOI:10.1145/1014192
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              MICRO 14: Proceedings of the 14th annual workshop on Microprogramming
              December 1981
              214 pages

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