Abstract

Over the past several years, considerable effort has been directed toward understanding and developing a spectrum of programming languages and systems. This chapter examines the perception of the programming process and considers the implications for programming systems. The chapter starts with some background information for programming and programming systems. The next section discusses three basic classes of programs (or programmers) that have quite different profiles. These programs are classified as small, medium, and large in scale. This chapter discusses these programs in turn. The next section discusses the language and system facilities appropriate for small-scale programs. The next section provides a general introduction to the EL1 language and the ECL system. The chapter now goes on to describe some of the current efforts, using ECL, to develop mechanisms for the class of users who were associated with medium-scale programs. The chapter then turns to the problems of the construction of large programs in the next section. The final section discusses various aids for the production of complex programs.

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