Novel approach to a rule-based general purpose program translator using paramodulation

In this paper a rule-based Lisp dialect translator using paramodulation is presented as an example of a general purpose program translator application where the knowledge about the translation is embedded in rules. The advantage of using a rule-based system is to allow the user to supply his own rules for translation, thus the translator can be considered as a general purpose converter. Also, the rule-based LDT has the ability to test individual rules for correctness to aid in rule development. The translation being used for development is Franz to Common Lisp.