Interim report on bureau of ships COBOL evaluation program

M. Siegel; A. E. Smith

DOI:10.1145/367710.367734

Corpus ID: 28300512

Interim report on bureau of ships COBOL evaluation program

@article{Siegel1962InterimRO,
  title={Interim report on bureau of ships COBOL evaluation program},
  author={M. Siegel and A. E. Smith},
  journal={Commun. ACM},
  year={1962},
  volume={5},
  pages={256-259}
}

M. Siegel, A. E. Smith

Published 1962

Computer Science

Commun. ACM

The Bureau of Ships, as manager of eleven shipyards using computers, has a vital interest in COBOL and has contributed to the CODASYL efl'ort from the beginning. The immediate benefit will be better documentation of systems and programs, the lack of which present.ly appears to be the world-wide "bl ight" of the computer program. As more experience is gained and as COBOL compilers get better and more standardized, the following advantages are expected: 1. Programs can be exchanged between… CONTINUE READING

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