A New Programming Language and Environment

这个项目试图提高程序开发的艺术水平，特别是科学计算。这项工作包括开发一种新的过程编程语言Polya，开发和改进“Gibbs”风格的程序描述思想，以及实现工作站编程环境。术语“吉布斯”指的是一种程序描述，它应该使编写可理解的科学项目描述变得更容易，这样科学家就可以发表能够并将被其他人阅读的描述。其中一个目标是在软件工程的一个关键领域——程序部分的重用——中提高软件工程的技术水平。这将在一定程度上通过对模块及其在Polya中的使用的新想法来完成。第二个目标是为科学家提供一种语言和环境，以提高他们为超级计算机和其他机器编写软件的效率。康奈尔大学的物理学家和其他科学家的直接参与将确保最终的系统适合他们的使用。该项目由NSF和DARPA共同出资，主要由DARPA出资。

This project is an attempt to improve the state of the art in the development of programs, particularly for scientific computing. The work includes the development of a new procedural programming language, Polya, the development and refinement of ideas on program description in the `Gibbs' style, and the implementation of a workstation programming environment. The term `Gibbs' denotes a program description that should make it easier to write understandable descriptions of scientific programs, so that scientists can publish descriptions that can and will be read by others. One goal is to improve the state of the art of software engineering in one of its crucial areas, the re-use of program parts. This will be done, in part, through new ideas on modules and their use in Polya. A second goal is to provide scientists with a language and environment that will increase their effectivity in writing software for supercomputers and other machines. Direct involvement of physicists and other scientists at Cornell will ensure that the resulting system is suitable for their use. This project is split funded between NSF and DARPA, with the major contribution coming from DARPA.