Language Requirements Report.

Abstract

The main purpose of this report is to identify the programming language requirements for the implementation of Army tactical data systems. In addition, language facilities needed for business-oriented management information systems are derived, and are compared with the requirements for tactical systems. The methods employed to identify the needed features include a review of Army responses to questionnaires concerning language requirements; interviews with Army personnel knowledgeable in various tactical systems; and examination of system specifications documents and secondary material. The fundamental result of this study is that, despite some special requirements for programming tactical and MIS systems, there is no inconsistency between the basic language facilities needed for 'general purpose; vs. tactical or MIS programming. In particular, the features described in the DoD High Order Language Working Group's Tinman document are consistent with the needs of tactical and MIS functions, especially with respect to the language goals of reliability and maintainability. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA038214

Entities

People

  • Benjamin M. Brosgol
  • James L. Felty

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Artillery
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Databases
  • Floating Point Operations
  • Grammars
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Processing Equipment
  • Programming Languages
  • Test Equipment

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