- This manual describes the operation of the INTEL 8080 PL/M* Cross Compiler. The compiler comprises two distinct programs written in ANSI standard FORTRAN IV and may be installed on most medium to large scale computer systems. Some details presented in this manual may vary due to system dependencies and compiler options selected during the installation process. The PL/M language itself is described in the 8008 and 8080 PL/M Programming Manual.
Yet some gleanings will remain,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
leaving two or three olives on the topmost branches,
four or five on the fruitful boughs,”
declares the Lord, the God of Israel.
Book of Isaiah 17:6 NIV
- PL/M-80 Programming Manual (bitsavers.org)
A PL/M program is a sequence of PL/M statements. The PL/M-80 Compiler accepts the statements as input and produces a machine-code program module as output. As will be seen in the remainder of this chapter, a PL/M statement may be translated by the compiler into a single 8080 instruction, or a sequence of instructions, or none at all–it may cause the compiler to allocate storage, for example, instead of producing any machine instructions.