DIALOG-A SIMULA Class for Writing Interactive Programs.

Abstract

A SIMULA class containing procedures for easily writing programs that interact with a user by asking questions at run time and which dynamically name and open files at run time is described. The class uses properties of IBM SIMULA that are not available in other implementations. It also depends on the EBCDIC character codes rather than ASCII but it is assumed that a user's terminal is an ASCII terminal. This revised report describes a number of extensions of DIALOG. While most programs using the old version will work correctly with the new version, there are many enhancements and users are advised to reread all Sections 3 to 9. (Author)

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 14, 1979
Accession Number
ADA085516

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