Computing Environments for Data Analysis. Part 3. Programming Environments.

Abstract

This is the third in a series of papers on aspects of modern computing environments that are relevant to statistical data analysis. In this paper we discuss programming environments. In particular, we argue that integrated programming environments (for example, Lisp and Smalltalk environments) are more appropriate as a base for data analysis than conventional operating systems (for example Unix). Keywords: Data analysis; Workstations; Programming environments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 1986
Accession Number
ADA168848

Entities

People

  • Jan Pedersen
  • John A. Mcdonald

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • C Programming Language
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Analysis
  • Databases
  • Debugging
  • High Level Language Architecture
  • Language
  • Lisp Programming Language
  • Operating Systems
  • Programming Languages
  • Statistical Data

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications