Non-procedural data processing
Open Access
- 1 January 1977
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Computer Journal
- Vol. 20 (1) , 6-9
- https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/20.1.6
Abstract
The specification of data processing applications in a nonprocedural manner is characterised in terms of the following features: elimination of arbitrary sequencing, pattern directed structures, aggregate operations and associative referencing. The paper defines a simple data processing problem, then motivates each of the features with respect to different descriptive aspects of the application. It is shown how these features form the nucleus of a nonprocedural language called the Business Definition Language to state and solve data processing problems.Keywords
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