SYNCRO: A dataflow command shell for the lilith/modula computer

SYNCRO is a two-dimensional command interpreter that allows human interface through a graphic command language. This paper describes the concept of two-dimensional commands for direct implementation of leveled data flow structures, and comments on the SYNCRO scheme for effecting them. SYNCRO is implemented in Modula-2 on Niklaus Wirth's Lilith/Modula computer.

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