COMMEN: a new approach to programming languages

The Compiler Oriented for Multiprogramming and Multi-processing ENvironments is an outgrowth of the FADAC Automatic Test Analysis Language (FATAL) developed for the University of Pennsylvania under their contract with the Frankford Arsenal to investigate techniques for the automatic check-out of electronic circuits. The purpose of the FATAL Compiler was to prepare programs for execution in the FADAC Computer. This computer has a two-wire teletype input-output system that can be used to establish connections between a unit under test and a set of test equipments through an interface device. The configuration for the check-out system is shown in Figure 1.