February 1966 - Vol. 9 No. 2
Features
In this paper a description is given of a model programming system which is directed by a programming language and has a library for storing the user's items. Rules are…
The structure of programming languages
In this paper the major components of every programming language are identified as: (1) the elementary program statement, (2) mechanisms for linking elementary statements…
A language for describing the functions of synchronous systems
Before the design of a system is started, the exact function desired of it should be specified. It is suggested that a computer-oriented language be used for this…
A comparison of the FORTRAN language implementation for several computers
A feature-by-feature comparison is made of five different implementations of FORTRAN IV representing three different manufacturers. A table is constructed showing, where…
BUGSYS: a programming system for picture processing—not for debugging
BUGSYS is a picture processing and measuring system that depends upon a pictorial input to the computer's memory. BUGSYS can be used for many types of applications. In…
EULER: a generalization of ALGOL, and its formal definition: Part II
In this section the algorithmic language EULER is described first informally and then formally by its syntax and semantics. An attempt has been made to generalize and…
Control procedures for data communication—an ASA progress report
Sectional Committee X.3 of the American Standards Association, has charged one of its task groups, X3.3.4, with the responsibility to “Define and specify functional…
Many business applications employ sequential magnetic tape rather than random-access storage techniques to process a very small number of transactions against a…
Tests of probabilistic models for propagation of roundoff errors
In any prolonged computation it is generally assumed that the accumulated effect of roundoff errors is in some sense statistical.…
The problem of the region of stability of the fourth order-Runge-Kutta method for the solution of systems of differential equations is studied. This region can be…
Description of a high capacity, fast turnaround university computing center
The operating system for the UNIVAC 1107 at Case Institute is reviewed. The system is of interest because of the low turn-around times achieved, the high throughput…