Software - Practice and Experience (SPE), Volume 3, 1973

Volume 3, Number 1, January-March 1973

Ben Shneiderman: Polynomial Search. 5-8
J. Good, B. A. M. Moon: FORTRAN-As Provided by Some Major Machine Manufacturers in 1970. 9-14
R. S. Scowen: Babel and SOAP, Applications for Extensible Compilers. 15-27
J. Vlietstra, J. B. M. Lucassen: AEDBAR-A Software System for Designing and Analysing Planar Bar Mechanisms. 29-42
D. Holdsworth, G. W. Robinson, M. Wells: A Multi-Terminal Benchmark. 43-59
Rain Mark: Two Unusual Methods for Debugging System Software. 61-63
Gordon Ashby, Loren Salmonson, Robert Heilman: Design of an Interactive Debugger for FORTRAN:MANTIS. 65-74
William M. Waite: A Sampling Monitor for Applications Programs. 75-79

J. Larmouth: Serious FORTRAN. 87-107
Andrew S. Tanenbaum, William H. Benson: The People's Time Sharing System. 109-119
T. W. Mosedale: PENDANT-A Computerized Support to Program Modularity under Limited Memory Conditions. 121-143
Per Brinch Hansen: Testing a Multiprogramming System. 145-150
Colin C. Charlton, Peter G. Hibbard: A Note on Recreating Source Code from the Reverse Polish Form. 151-153
C. A. Bowring: Writing a Roll-out-Roll-in Facility for Small Machines. 155-160
David C. Hoaglin: An Analysis of the Loop Optimization Scores in Knuth's `Empirical Study of FORTRAN Programs'. 161-169
D. Lurié, C. Vandoni: Statistics for FORTRAN Identifiers and Scatter Storage Techniques. 171-177
Charles Erwin Cohn: Improving the Efficiency of Direct-Memory-Access Output Operations. 179-183

J. Larmouth: Serious FORTRAN-Part 2. 197-225
G. Davies, Ray Welland: A Pre-processor using Rule Mask Techniques for Extended Entry Decision Tables. 227-234
Geoffrey Leach, Hellmut Golde: Bootstrapping XPL to an XDS Sigma 5 Computer. 235-244
H. D. Baecker: Aspects of Reference Locality in List Structures in Virtual Memory. 245-253
Donald Alcock, Brian Shearing: The MISSTRESS User's Book. 255-301

M. Calderbank, V. J. Calderbank: A Portable Language for System Development. 309-321
Maurice V. Wilkes: The Cambridge Multiple-Access System in Retrospect. 323-332
P. A. Reavley: Two Examples of Virtual Records. 333-343
Ehud Gudes, A. Reiter: On Evaluating Boolean Expressions. 345-350
C. A. Mercer: Buffering for Sustained, High Speed Transfers. 351-354
A. G. Bell, P. J. Hallowell, D. H. Long: A Universal Benchmark? 355-358
G. E. Hedrick, J. R. Forrest: A High Level Plotting System. 359-368
Peter Grogono: MUSYS. Software for an Electronic Music Studio. 369-383
R. Baird: APET-A Versatile Tool for Estimating Computer Application Performance. 385-395