Communications of the ACM
Clarification of Fortran standards—second report
Communications of the ACM
Clarification of Fortran standards—initial progress
Communications of the ACM
DIALOG: a conversational programming system with a graphical orientation
Communications of the ACM
Dynamic instructional models of computer organizations and programming languages
SIGCSE '73 Proceedings of the third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
The Cornell program synthesizer: a syntax-directed programming environment
Communications of the ACM
Visual interactive production language systems
SIGMINI '78 Proceedings of the first SIGMINI symposium on Small systems
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An experimental interactive system has been developed on an intelligent terminal which accepts only syntactically correct Fortran statements and otherwise assists the user in preparing Fortran programs. Whenever possible the system anticipates the syntax of statements which is implied by an initial input and supplies the general form of the statement directly beneath the line on which input is being accepted. In some cases (the function heading) decisions are inverted from the language and in others (statement numbers) inputs are automatically positioned. In general, only syntax within the statements is checked, but some global checking (multiple main programs) is performed. Alternate forms of statements are often displayed with the unwanted ones being eliminated as entries are made. The techniques used demonstrate pedagogic as well as productive potential.