Abstract
It is somewhat astonishing to find that a well-developed software package designed for business uses provides an extremely interesting teaching instrument with an as yet unrealized potential
For many years report generating systems such as REPORTER have been extensively used as work horses in business and industry. Administrators in these areas require up-to-date information presented in an understandable, well-organized form. The business executive may need a daily, weekly, or monthly report of the sales records of the company's employees, listing for each sales representative the number of items sold in each category, the amount of income produced, the number of items returned in each category, etc.
The Burroughs
The unique characteristic of the Burroughs REPORTER is its production of an independent COBOL program for each set of specifications entered. It
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Proceedings of the SIGCSE-SIGCUE joint symposium on Computer science educationIt is somewhat astonishing to find that a well-developed software package designed for business uses provides an extremely interesting teaching instrument with an as yet unrealized potential
For many years report generating systems such as REPORTER have ...
How much cai is hidden in commercial software?
SIGCSE '76: Proceedings of the ACM SIGCSE-SIGCUE technical symposium on Computer science and educationIt is somewhat astonishing to find that a well-developed software package designed for business uses provides an extremely interesting teaching instrument with an as yet unrealized potential
For many years report generating systems such as REPORTER have ...






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