Detab/65 in third-generation Cobol

Authors:
Bruce Silberg
Affiliations:
Weehawken, New Jersey
Venue:
ACM SIGPLAN Notices - Special issue on decision tables
Year:
1971

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Abstract

Detab/65, which was distributed by the ACM, is a decision table preprocessor written in second-generation Cobol (Cobol-61). This paper indicates the history of decision tables, reviews their structure, advantages and disadvantages, and presents the modifications to Detab/65 that are needed to allow its compilation by Cobol-65 or ANS Cobol.