Hopper, KeithBarbour, Robert H.2008-10-232008-10-231994-02Hopper, K. & Barbour, R.H. (1994). Character-less programming. (Working paper 94/01). Hamilton, New Zealand: University of Waikato, Department of Computer Science.1170-487Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/1130This paper proposes a mechanism for the definition and implementation of programming languages. Culturally-dependent aspects of the definition, such as the language and character set, can be separated from the process of translating programs and from the execution of a translated program.application/pdfencomputer scienceWorking Paper