Brevity and clarity in command languages

Authors:
James A. Malcolm
Affiliations:
Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts., U.K.
Venue:
ACM SIGPLAN Notices
Year:
1981

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Abstract

An example from Ellis[4] is used to demonstrate the possibilities for greater clarity of expression in a command language which is separate from, rather than embedded in, a programming language.