A Productivity Analysis of Nonprocedural Languages.

Abstract

The emergence of so-called nonprocedural languages promises the elimination of many of the problems encountered in managing information systems, as well as increasing productivity, by offering a flexible, easy to learn, user friendly language to interact with the host language. This thesis investigates nonprocedrual languages in general, with particular attention paid to the languages FOCUS aan RAMIS II, in order to ascertain the benefits and drawbacks of these languages, assess the fulfillment of vendor claims, examine their investment viability, and explore user satisfaction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA127754

Entities

People

  • Denham B. Macmillan
  • Mimi Corcoran

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Benefits
  • Business Administration
  • California
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Employment
  • Information Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Computational Linguistics
  • Software Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design