Group:
database
Topic:
application generator
Topic:
data-driven design
Topic:
database record
Topic:
descriptive languages
Topic:
domain specific language
Topic:
management
Topic:
programming language design
Topic:
programming with data
Topic:
programming with forms
Topic:
spreadsheet
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Subtopic: requirements 
| Quote: business programming needs data records, decimal arithmetic, report generation, large databases [»glasRL9_1997]
| | Quote: business data is heterogeneous and hierarchical: fixed-length strings, variable-length strings, and decimal numbers [»glasRL9_1997]
| | Quote: business programs use fixed-point, decimal arithmetic to round numbers as humans do [»glasRL9_1997]
| | Quote: business data uses indexed sequential files for sequential processing and indexed retrieval; also relational and object-oriented databases [»glasRL9_1997]
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Subtopic: languages
| QuoteRef: sammJE7_1972 ;;603 new concept languages: APT (application), FORTRAN, COBOL (was FLOWMAT, IIPL-V, GPSS (simulation SIMSCRIPT), COGO, SNOBOL COMIT (strings) JOVIAL, JOSS (interactive). FORMAL (formula manipulation)
| | Quote: Cobol makes clear distinctions between actions, data, and environment [»sammJE_1969]
| | Quote: Cobol's data division provides physical and logical descriptions of files [»sammJE_1969, OK]
| | Quote: two-thirds of programmers use a Cobol; it appears to be the best business application language [»glasRL9_1997]
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Subtopic: specification
| Quote: Model II produces a PL/1 or Cobol program from a specification
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Subtopic: problems
| Quote: converting programs from Cobol is difficult because of Cobol's rich set of constructions for sophisticated data-processing [»tereAA11_2000]
| Quote: can base software languages on natural language with restricted syntax and semantics, e.g., COBOL; easy to learn and use; not good for complex structures
[»joneTC4_1979a]
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