Computer simulation applications: An introduction
Micah Dial · Evaluation Practice · 1993
This chapter discusses the research on automatic programming in Eastern Europe. It is known from both published material and personal contacts with Soviet scientists, the prevailing programming system in the USSR is based on the two-step method: products of operators and logical conditions. In Poland, there is a positive tendency to introduce automatic programming for all computers that are operated in computational centers, which perform calculations for various customers. Two languages are recommended for general use: a limited version of ALGOL and SAKO. Much research is devoted to the problem of enlarging SAKO so as to provide for business data processing; this is to be done by including many features and concepts of COBOL. The chapter discusses the practical methods of programming employed in everyday work of computing establishments. It concludes that in Eastern Europe, automatic programming is considered as a vitally important part of computer science, and a great deal of both labor and funds is devoted to theoretical and practical research in this field.