Herb Grosch
Page 593
At every standards meeting, in clear view on the table there should be a small plaque engraved: “Do it once, do it right, do it internationally.” The many contributions of Douglas Ross exemplify this directive. If, for example …
Douglas T. Ross
Pages 595-600
A sample set of Cobol programming standards is offered. These standards constrain code to be developed in a “structured” form for both data and control structures. They do not require syntax beyond the existing Cobol language …
Henry F. Ledgard, William C. Cave
Pages 601-608
CAPS is a highly interactive diagnostic compiler/interpreter that allows beginning programmers to prepare, debug, and execute fairly simple programs at a graphics display terminal. Complete syntax checking and most semantic analysis …
Thomas R. Wilcox, Alan M. Davis, Michael H. Tindall
Pages 609-616
A system for the compression of data files, viewed as strings of characters, is presented. The method is general, and applies equally well to English, to PL/I, or to digital data. The system consists of an encoder, an analysis …
Frank Rubin
Pages 617-623
In database systems, users access shared data under the assumption that the data satisfies certain consistency constraints. This paper defines the concepts of transaction, consistency and schedule and shows that consistency requires …
K. P. Eswaran, J. N. Gray, R. A. Lorie, I. L. Traiger
Pages 624-633
In most database organizations, the cost of accessing the database will increase due to structural changes caused by updates and insertions. By reorganizing the database, the access costs can be reduced. A basic problem is to …
K. Maruyama, S. E. Smith
Pages 634-642
An easy to implement scheme is described by which a compiler can enforce agreement between complex data types in separately compiled modules. The scheme is designed to work with any existing link editor or linking loader, no
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Richard G. Hamlet
Pages 642-644
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