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STEP development tools: METASTEP language system

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STEP Development Tools (SDT) is a general-purpose microprogram development system. The METASTEP language system is composed of four tools of the SDT needed to write microprograms: a Definition Processor, a Retargetable Assembler, a Retargetable Cross-Assembler, and a Relocatable Linker.

These tools are of commercial quality, providing complete languages, quality diagnostics, full interface to other support tools, and high performance. The language system supports microcode debug by providing complete run-time information and by interacting directly with other debug tools provided in SDT.

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              cover image ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter
              ACM SIGMICRO Newsletter  Volume 16, Issue 4
              Dec. 1985
              166 pages
              ISSN:1050-916X
              DOI:10.1145/18906
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                MICRO 18: Proceedings of the 18th annual workshop on Microprogramming
                December 1985
                201 pages
                ISBN:0897911725
                DOI:10.1145/18927

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