WHAT IS DETAB-X.

Abstract

The Air Force, like many other large users of computers, continually seeks to reduce its computer programming staffs, costs, and time-lags. Toward this end, it has been exploring the use of computer-independent languages for describing its problems. This memorandum describes one of the latest of these languages, DETAB-X (DecisionTables, Experimental). In an effort to illustrate some of the features of DETAB-X it is compared with COBOL-61 (Common Business-Oriented Language), using examples of data and procedures written in both languages. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1962
Accession Number
AD0610834

Entities

People

  • Solomon L. Pollack

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Computer Programming
  • Computers
  • Computing-Related Activities
  • Language

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Science.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Software Engineering.