PLANIT: a flexible language designed for computer-human interaction

Abstract

Time-sharing has brought about a new age in computer usage: With the advent of time-shared systems, on-line use of the computer will become economically feasible for the average user; and on-line with him will be a wealth of software utility support never before available. No longer faced with a 24-hour turnaround---the average turnaround time in some existing time-sharing systems is a few seconds or less---he can perform program research, development, and checkout with ease undreamed of heretofore.