Module interconnection languages

M o d u l e I n t e r c o n n e c t i o n L a n g u a g e s ( M I L s ) a r e b a s e d o n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n _ _ _ _ P r o g r a m m i n g i n t h e l a r g e ( P L ) a n d P r o g r a m m i n g i n t h e s m a l l ( P S ) . T h e p r i m a r y difference between PL and PS is that “structuring a large collection of modules to form a s y s t e m ( P L ) i s a n e s s e n t i a l l y d i f f e r e n t i n t e l l e c t u a l a c t i v i t y f r o m t h a t o f c o n s t r u c t i n g t h e individual modules (PS)”[DERE76]. Architects of a large system are primarily concerned with the process of “knitting” system modules together rather than with the process of programming each module.