{"title":"A dynamically self-adjusting structured editor","authors":"N. Madhavji, Nikos Leoutsarakos","doi":"10.1145/317164.317176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317176","url":null,"abstract":"Two major characteristics shared by most program editors are that they are static, as they operate within a single framework of a full program text, and that they are strictly language based. These characteristics are considered to be less than desirable, as they appear to restrict the development of production software. As a solution, a new kind of structured editor, based on program fragments, is proposed in this paper. This kind of editor is dynamic, as it is driven by the types of different fragments, called fragtypes. As a fragment evolves during an editing session, its fragtype can change depending on the user operations. Such changes trigger off automatic adjustments in the editor capabilities. Fragtypes range from that of small granularity objects, such as an identifier, to that of large granularity objects, such as a subsystem. The dynamic nature of the editor, together with the wide range of fragtypes provided, appear to be more suitable for serious programming. This editor is a subject of current research in the context of the MUPE-2 project, at McGill, which aims to design an integrated programming environment for Modula-2. However, many ideas from this paper can also be applied to the design of environments for other algorithmic languages.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117243815","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"HD-DBMS: an approach to integrating heterogeneous distributed database systems in the office environment","authors":"T. S. Narayanan, P. Goyal, B. Desai","doi":"10.1145/317164.317166","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317166","url":null,"abstract":"Advances in communication technology and inexpensive hardware are spreading the use of distributed information systems and in particular distributed databases. There has also been a lot of interest and substantial investment in the use of personal computers. This has led to the development of microcomputer based database management systems (DBMS). These DBMS's differ in their underlying data models and their data definition, manipulation and security capabilities. As part of the development of an Office Information System a need was felt to integrate the available microcomputers and their databases. This paper provides an overview of our approach to integrate these heterogeneous microcomputer based database management systems. The innovative features incorporated in the design include:To support the existence of overlapping (non-disjoint) data fragments at different nodes leading to very flexible data distribution options and thus improving locality of reference and efficiency of query processing.\u0000To support the existing data models and applications; our system acts as a front-end to the existing local DBMS.\u0000To exploit LAN capabilities for query optimization.\u0000","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116864217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A direct execution PROLOG system","authors":"L. Hsu","doi":"10.1145/317164.317191","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317191","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a direct execution PROLOG system. It does syntax check at token level and reports errors even before a clause is completed. It does consistency checking whenever rules and facts are entered, and waits for corrective action from the user so that errors cannot snowball. The user can trace the unification process in detail. He can examine the backtracking path and/or the value of the instantiated variables at any point. The system is written in PASCAL.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121240078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A stepwise approach to distributed database systems by database machines","authors":"S. Hikita, S. Kawakami, H. Haniuda","doi":"10.1145/317164.317167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317167","url":null,"abstract":"Database machines are good components to compose distributed systems along with personal computers and local area networks. Distributed database systems by those machines could be cost-effectively respond to various user's requirements. A stepwise approach to distributed database systems by database machine FRENDs is presented in this paper.\u0000At first, the database machine FREND is introduced. Then a stepwise extension to distributed database systems is explained. In order to execute queries efficiently, distributed view management method is proposed. Particularly, pipe line join method is explained and shown to be effective if certain conditions are assumed. Finally consistency problem of view data is discussed.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114883839","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Kato, Shinichi Yamada, Yukio Sakamoto, S. Sugawara
{"title":"Integrated office information system “Lumiere”: its communctions service experimental system","authors":"S. Kato, Shinichi Yamada, Yukio Sakamoto, S. Sugawara","doi":"10.1145/317164.317178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317178","url":null,"abstract":"The communication services and an experimental system for the integrated office information system “<italic>Lumiere</italic>” are shown. The Lumiere provides office users with advanced integrated communication services. Different types of information not only data, text, image, and voice but also time, information to synchronize the reproduction of acoustic and visual information, are integrated into the Lumiere system. Two communication modes, <italic>“store-and-forward mode”</italic> and <italic>“conversational mode”,</italic> provide highly effective communication services. Through independently operable multiple windows, in any desired communication mode, users can carry on multiple separate conversations with others simultaneously. The experimental system shows the effectiveness of these communication services.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129704454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Order processing and inventory control software related to computer user satisfaction: an interactive online evaluation system","authors":"A. Rushinek, S. Rushinek","doi":"10.1145/317164.317186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317186","url":null,"abstract":"The selection of an order processing and inventory control (OPICS) system is a complicated process. The overall satisfaction derived from a system depends on many variables. This study analyzes the influence of OPICS predictor variables on overall satisfaction as determined by multiple regression. This study confirms the theories that suggest that OPICS ease of operation, reliability of computer, and ease of programming are the major determinants of overall computer user satisfaction.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114556056","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advanced programming aids in PROGRAPH","authors":"P. T. Cox, T. Pietrzykowski","doi":"10.1145/317164.317168","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317168","url":null,"abstract":"The graphical functional language PROGRAPH is briefly described, followed by a more extensive discussion of prograph development facilities. In particular, the PROGRAPH editor/interpreter is described, which allows prographs to be simultaneously constructed and executed, using sophisticated graphics in interactions with the user. The micro-PROLOG implementation of the editor/interpreter is described, and the reasons are discussed for choosing Prolog as the implementation language for PROGRAPH on small computers.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115553870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Performing the fast Fourier transform with a personal computer","authors":"J. Gotwals","doi":"10.1145/317164.317182","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317182","url":null,"abstract":"Beginning with the spectral estimation breakthrough of J. W. Tukey in 1949 and the computational breakthrough of the fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm by J. S. Cooley and J. W. Tukey in 1965. fast transforms have become an important element of applied engineering practices and have completely revolutionized many facets of scientific analysis [l]. Fast transforms are used, for example, in the spectral analysis of vibrations, speech, sonar and radar [23, [SJ.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"193 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120891547","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Displaying text in facsmile","authors":"Debora Weber-Wulff","doi":"10.1145/317164.317181","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317181","url":null,"abstract":"Despite an abundance of text editors for microcomputers, it is difficult to edit texts of a mathematical nature an small systems. Some editors are only capable of a rudimentary notation, and almost all make editing difficult because the text shown on the screen often bears little resemblance to the text that will eventually be printed.\u0000Editing text in facsimile lets the user work with the meaning and format of a text without being distracted by special symbols, key words, and formatting information. The editor interprets this information for the current logical screen as it would during the printing process, and is able to display this facsimile on the physical video screen.\u0000The physical video screen can be described by a type scheme in the sense of a concrete computational structure from an abstract data type. In particular, character patterns can be displayed at any pixel location. The type scheme was implemented in PASCAL/MT+ for a low-resolution, bit-mapped video terminal with a Z80A-based microcomputer.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124334304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Predictive program synthesize","authors":"R. R. Loka","doi":"10.1145/317164.317175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/317164.317175","url":null,"abstract":"Program Synthesizers are becoming increasingly useful for program creation. However, a majority of these synthesizers are apparently not truly language sensitive. This is indicated by the fact that most of them use error-correcting parsers. We consider the Program Synthesizer as a formal predictive sentence generator with control given to the programmer. For the purpose of generating a (syntactically) correct sentence (or program), our method relies heavily on the underlying LL(k) parse-table for the corresponding programming language. The method demonstrates our 'Prevention is Better than Correction' notion and correspondingly the need for an error-correcting parser can be eliminated. Our method also eliminates the need for 'fetch-template' commands, thus accelerating the program entry. Finally an example session is shown with a non-trivial subset of Modula-2.","PeriodicalId":147067,"journal":{"name":"Symposium on Small Systems","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1985-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126460848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}