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Dialect of the PL/I programming language

XPL, for expert's programming language is a programming language based on PL/I, a portable one-pass compiler written in its own language, and a parser generator tool for easily implementing similar compilers for other languages. XPL was designed in 1967 as a way to teach compiler design principles and as starting point for students to build compilers for their own languages. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: XPLA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: An innovative adaptive mineral segmentation method via augmentation and fusion of single and orthogonal polarized images: AMS-p/xplInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Travel law and litigationThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Static and Dynamic Characteristics of XPL ProgramsCited 43 times
  5. Go sideways: History of compiler constructionA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: Backus–Naur formA closely related topic

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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

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