1. SHORT PAPERS.
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Cheatham, Thomas E.
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COMPUTER software research , *COMPUTER programming , *COMPUTER software , *VIDEO games - Abstract
This article presents several research papers related to computing machinery and computer programs. Designing a system for the analytic processing of mathematical functions around a central syntax processor and permitting the user to work within the context of mathematical syntax leads to a flexible system with a broad range of capabilities. One advantage of the approach mentioned in "A Syntax-Directed Approach to Automated Aids for Symbolic Math," by L. Clapp, is that the basic system can be developed without many a prior restrictions on the nature of the mathematical entities to be processed. Once the basic structure has been developed, the user is free to define and operate within his own system of mathematics by modifying or extending the syntax definitions. In the paper "Programming Languages, Logic and Cooperative Games," by L. Hodes, an application of computers is presented which is not restricted to a single problem area but is perhaps not general purpose enough to be considered programming language, even a problem-oriented one.
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- 1966