Matching users and user languages in information retrieval
- 1 April 1981
- journal article
- Published by Emerald Publishing in Online Review
- Vol. 5 (4) , 313-322
- https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024067
Abstract
A review is made of research in the design and use of languages for computer programming, with emphasis on one of its specialized applications, information retrieval, and on the end‐user directly interacting with the computer. It is shown that we lack the criteria for determining what is the best fit of a language to a particular user, although some research has suggested that there is a means by which this can be done, offering the users a wide range of language choice and using the computer as a means of helping him learn and adapt to the language.Keywords
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