CONVERT: a high level translation definition language for data conversion

  • Authors:
  • Nan C. Shu;Barron C. Housel;Vincent Y. Lum

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM Research Lab, San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab, San Jose, CA;IBM Research Lab, San Jose, CA

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1975

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Abstract

This paper describes a high level and nonprocedural translation definition language, CONVERT, which provides very powerful and highly flexible data restructuring capabilities. Its design is based on the simple underlying concept of a form which enables the users to visualize the translation processes, and thus makes data translation a much simpler task.“CONVERT” has been chosen for conveying the purpose of the language and should not be confused with any other language or program bearing the same name.