An interactive high-level language system for picture processing

Efficient work in a picture processing laboratory requires an interactive system. An interactive high-level language system for the PICAP laboratory, Linko¨ping University, is described. The system consists of a monitor, a text editor, a translator for incremental translation of a structured high-level language, an interpreterm and a procedure library. The language includes constructs for parallel picture operators. Incremental translation makes it possible for the users to execute and modify procedures in rapid sequence.