Year: 1970
Type: article
Abstract: The characteristics of an interactive software system, intended to constitute an interface between designer and computer during various steps of the design process, are presented.The main emphasis is given to the description of the features of the two high level user oriented languages, operating at different levels, on which the interaction is based.The first one is IMOL, an interactive monitor language, which is designed to perform the overall and control functions of the software system; its design criteria provide the user with commands which are both simple and efficient in order to perform all the functions needed in computer-aided circuit design.The second one is COIF, a circuit oriented graphic language, which is designed to describe, generate, and manipulate graphic problem specifications~ it is an extension of Fortran with graphictype variables, so that the designer who is familiar with Fortran need not learn a new language.The application to computer-aided circuit design is in particular examined; on the other hand, the adopted design criteria provide sufficient generality to extend the use of the two languages to different computer-assisted applications.
Source: Communications of the ACM
Authors: Giampio Bracchi, Marco Somalvico
Institutions: Politecnico di Milano, Stanford University
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Award: G7179578003
OpenAlex ID: W2012370372