Software Restyling in Graphics and Programming Languages.

Abstract

The value of large software products can be cheaply increased by adding restyled interfaces that attract new users. As examples of this approach, a set of graphics primitives and a language precompiler for scientific computation are described. These two systems include a general user-defined coordinate, system instead of numerous system settings, indention to specify block structure, a modified indexing convention for array parameters, a syntax for n-and-a-half-times'-round loops, and engineering format for real constants; most of all, they strive to be as small as possible. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA060793

Entities

People

  • Eric Grosse

Organizations

  • Stanford University

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Graphics
  • Language
  • Military Research
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operating Systems
  • Personality
  • Precision
  • Programming Languages
  • Real Variables
  • Right Angles
  • Word Lists

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Educational Psychology